FACULTY IN THE NEWS

GW Law Professors Discuss Recent Supreme Court Decisions

June, 2008 -- The final Supreme Court decisions of the October 2007 Term have been announced. Read and listen to what GW Law faculty members had to say about these pivotal cases. 

Click here to watch a webcast of Professor Orin Kerr and other Supreme Court and Constitutional law experts at The Federalist Society's July 1 event, "A Look Back at the Supreme Court 2007 Term."

		June 29, 2008  .  The Washington Post Jonathan Siegel compares cases of enemy combatants held at Bagram air base with those the Supreme Court has recently ruled on at Guantanamo.  June 27, 2008  .  The Washington Times Siegel on Justice Anthony M. Kennedy who is often a 'swing vote.'
		June 26, 2008  .  Los Angeles Times Joan S. Meier dissects the decision in Giles vs. California and finds positive outcomes from the ruling that could be helpful to domestic violence cases. June 15, 2008  .  Los Angeles Times Meier on important domestic violence issues before the Court.
		June 26, 2008  .  The Washington Times Ira "Chip" Lupu on issues of federal law in Kennedy v. Louisiana, a 5-4 decision rejecting the death penalty for child rape.
		June 26,  2008  .  WAMU's "The Kojo Nnamdi Show" Donald Braman speaks about gun laws and the Second Amendment in the Court's District of Columbia v. Heller decision that upholds an individual's right to own guns.
		June 26,  2008  .  NPR's "Legal Affairs" Councilmember Mary Cheh on the Heller outcome.  March 18,  2008  .  WAMU's "The Kojo Nnamdi Show" Cheh joins Nina Totenberg, Bob Levy, and others to discuss the upcoming Heller case.
		June 25,  2008  .  CBS's WUSA Jonathan Turley anticipates the outcome in Heller on the evening before the decision is handed down. June 13,  2008  .  Chicago Tribune Turley on Boumediene v. Bush.
		June 13,  2008  .  The Washington Times Orin Kerr on national security issues and the Supreme Court ruling on Guantanamo detainees in Boumediene.
		February 26, 2008  .  The Anchorage Daily News Thomas Schoenbaum filed an amicus brief in Exxon v. Baker.