Due Process: Georgetown Law Library Blog

As the Supreme Court resumes work for another term, members of the Georgetown Law community can make use of our resources to monitor developments at the court.

• Supreme Court Today (BNA) tracks every Supreme Court petition and case on the docket, from filing to final disposition. The Supreme Court Today component of Law Week is a searchable database, with daily updates, allowing users to view the status of and search summaries of certiorari petitions filed since the 1995 October Term. The database also contains the full text of Supreme Court opinions, oral argument schedules, selected oral argument summaries, annual reviews of the Court's decisions, and more.
• Supreme Court Research Guide  This guide is designed to give some background information and suggest resources for further research on the history of the U.S. Supreme Court, the justices of the Court, and the Court's practice and decisions.

Should you have any additional questions, please feel free to ask a reference librarian.

This entry was posted on October 4, 2011 at 10:19 AM and has received 5759 views. Print this entry.

The Chicago-Kent College of Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology has developed a new iPhone app designed to, "appeal to all Supreme Court junkies." The OyezToday app allows iPhone users to access the content of the Oyez Project, an extensive collection of material from the Supreme Court of the United States. New opinions, as well as audio and transcripts from oral arguments, are available on OyezToday the same day they are released by the Court.

OyezToday is free and available in the iTunes App Store. Apps for the iPad and Android phones are forthcoming. For more information, see the press release from Chicago-Kent or the preview of OyezToday from Apple.

This entry was posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:44 PM and has received 18082 views. Print this entry.

Elena Kagan nomination hearings begin today.  Questioning of Kagan is planned for Tuesday and Wednesday. Watch the hearing live on the following websites:

• C-Span's Senate Confirmation Hub.  Includes video, live updates, and other interactive features. Under the "Live Updates" tab, you can sign up to be reminded of the hearings. 
• The Senate Judiciary Committee's page will link to the Webcast once it begins.  This site also has a list of witnesses who will testify.
   

This entry was posted on June 28, 2010 at 10:43 AM and has received 18336 views. Print this entry.

With today's announcement that President Obama has nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to become the next Associate Justice of The Supreme Court, we have updated our Supreme Court Nominations Research Guide. We have listed some links to basic information about Solicitor General Kagan, such as biographies and her scholarly publications. We will continue to post more information as the confirmation process continues, so check our guide often for updates.

This entry was posted on May 10, 2010 at 4:26 PM and has received 18731 views. Print this entry.

The Supreme Court of the United States has launched a completely redesigned Web site. While the content is largely the same as that of the old site, the new layout is more aesthetically pleasing and user-friendly. Legal researchers should be aware of the site as a free and reliable source for Supreme Court opinions, dockets, orders, and briefs.

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The library recently acquired a microfilm collection of the Earl Warren Papers which reproduces documents archived in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. This 70 reel microfilm collection includes Warren's opinions as Chief Justice from 1953 until 1969, as well as his conference memoranda and 13 reels of his correspondence from 1953 through 1974.

Earl Warren, nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, served as the 14th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The Warren Court oversaw such landmark decisions as Brown v. Board of Education, Gideon v. Wainwright and Miranda v. Arizona.

The collection is available for use in our Media Department on the first floor of the Williams Library.

This entry was posted on July 26, 2009 at 4:51 PM and has received 19358 views. Print this entry.

The Law Library has acquired the online version of the Supreme Court Compendium. If you are unfamiliar with the Compendium, you may want to check it out. It contains a wealth of information about the U.S. Supreme Court, its history, justices, and decisions. This information is presented in the form of well over one-hundred tables, making it easy to navigate. For example, one table evaluates the ideology of each justice from 1937-2006, using several different measurements, such as commitment to civil and economic liberties and support for the programs of the New Deal.

In addition, each chapter includes introductory commentary, and there is an extensive bibliography. First published in 1994, the Compendium is now in its fourth edition. We also have two copies of the print version in our reference collection. 

This entry was posted on June 17, 2009 at 2:40 PM and has received 19577 views. Print this entry.

Nominees for the federal judiciary are required to complete a questionnaire created by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Committee has made Judge Sotomayor's responses and related documents available on its home page. Included are her publications, speeches, news clippings, and notable past decisions and opinions.

This entry was posted on June 5, 2009 at 11:09 AM and has received 19423 views. Print this entry.

On Friday, Justice Souter announced his intention to retire from the Court at the end of its current term. 

For a crash course in how the nomination process works, read the Congressional Research Service's report Supreme Court Appointment Process: Roles of the President, Judiciary Committee, and Senate (last updated 3/20/08).

The Library recently updated the Supreme Court Nominations Research Guide.  It includes links to materials about the nomination process and the text of previous nomination and confirmation proceedings. 

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