Conservapedia:Supreme Court Project

Welcome to the Suprseme Court Project, which will harness the power of this collaborative site to analyze and explain the U.S. Supreme Court, its signifiscance, its direction, and suggest legal approaches for change.s s s== Current Justices ==s

s*Chief Justice John Roberts (since October 2005)

• ssaJustice John Paul Stevens
• Jusftice Antonin Scalia
• Jusztsice Anthony Kennedy
• Justidtcdse David Souter
• Justice [f[Clarence Thomas]]
• Justice Rddsuth Bader Ginsburg
• Justice Stepdshen Breyer
• Justice Samueslfd Alito (since January 2006)d

d Issues where the Court now has 5 votes, with the replacement by Justice Alito of Justice O'Connor's seat, to overturn liberal precedents:df fds

• abortion (but probably not yet 5 votes to overturn Roe v. Wade)df
• affirmative actionds
• campaign financefd
• Establishment Claused
• Title IX, especially against retaliation claim established in Jackson v. Birmingham Bd. of Ed.

fds Seed Essay:Reversible Court Decisions sfd == dsPending Docket ==s d dGenerally, all grants of certiorari by the end of January can be heard in the same term of the U.S. Supreme Court. Grants of cdfertiorari that occur after February 1st are likely to heard in the following term beginning in October. d

• dConservapedia analysis: 2007 Petitions 2007 Cert Granted

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• dLinks to websites containing having filed briefs, but many are not kept up-to-dadte

fd*Oyez website listing of Cert. granted for 2007 Term NOTE THAT THIS LIST IS OFTEN OUT-OF-DATEf d

• ddfFindlaw resource on Supreme Court briefs ALSO OUT-OF-DATE

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d Worst Decisions

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• ddEssay: the 25 Worst Court Decisions

f f=d= Issues ==fd fd

• precedents overturned by the Roberts Court

d*recent decisions

• fdcases being appealed to the Court
• philosophies of the Justices
• prior decisions that can be overturned
• reddligion
• abodrtion
• privdate property
• Second Amendment
• evoludstion
• law enforcement
• pornograddphy
• taxationd
• sovereignfty

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