most important recent decisions

[Barksdale, Yvette]

Hi Paul 

I would add Raich to that list - because it was the first case that
significantly narrowed  the potential scope of Morrison and Lopez with
respect to Congress' authority to regulate purely intrastate, arguably
non- economic activity. Other cases had either addressed clearly
interstate activity (driver's license info case), or hid  behind narrow
statutory construction (ex. Solid Waste, and  Jones (the Hobbs Act
case))

yb
 
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[mailto:conlawprof-bounces at lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Finkelman
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 9:21 AM
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Subject: most important recent decisions

I am trying to get a sense of what the most important recent US Sup. Ct.

decisions are for the past 4 terms 02-03
03-04
04-05
and as they come in
05-06

I am trying to identify the 8-10 (more or less) most important decisions

of each term.  Off list responses would be find, but it might make an 
interesting discussion for a day or two if it is done on list.

I realize this is a totally unscientific survey, but I think it will be 
useful as a way of seeing how we (law profs)  see the court's 
decisions.  Obviously most important can be decisions we don't like.

Thanks in advance.

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