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Friday, December 17, 2004

http://ninowatch.blogspot.com
a more critical (but not as in mean or nasty) complement to ninomania.

a noteworthy entry is his review of a book. go to the page for the links to these cases. (firefox is cool, but it doesn't have a handy dandy way to cut and paste and keep the links intact.)
“Scalia’s greatest hits.” And Ring does an admirable job of giving us Nino’s chart toppers. Chapters two through twelve are arranged topically, with brief comments and introductions to the well-selected Scalia opinions. Here’s the breakdown of topics and excerpted opinions:
Chapter Two: “Intepreting Laws,”P.G.A. Tour, Inc., v. Martin, 532 U.S. 661(2001) (dissenting);
Chapter Three: “Separation of Powers,” Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654 (1988) (dissenting);
Chapter Four: “Race,” Richmond v. J.A. Crosson Co., 488 U.S. 469 (1989)(concurring); Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena,515 U.S. 200 (1995) (concurring); Grutter v. Bollinger, _U.S.__ (2003)(concurring & dissenting);
Chapter Five: “Abortion,” Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, 492 U.S. 490 (1989) (concurring); Planned Parenthood of S.E. Pa. v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992)(concurring & dissenting); Stenberg v. Carhart, 530 U.S. 914(2000)(dissenting);
Chapter Six: “Death Penalty,” Callins v. Collins, 510 U.S. 1141 (1994)(concurring); Atkins v. Virginia, 535 U.S. 304 (2002)(dissenting);
Chapter Seven: “Religious Freedom,” Lee v. Weisman, 505 U.S. 577 (1992)(dissenting); Lamb’s Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School Dist., 508 U.S. 384 (1993)(concurring);
Chapter Eight: “Gender Equality,” U.S. v. Virginia, 518 U.S. 515 (1996)(dissenting)
Chapter Nine: “Free Speech,” McConnell v. Fed. Election Comm’n., __U.S. __(2003)(concurring & dissenting);
Chapter Ten: “Non-Speech and Un-Free Speech,” Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc., 501 U.S. 560 (1991)(concurring); Nat’l. Endowment for the Arts v. Finley, 524 U.S. 569 (1998) (concurring);
Chapter Eleven: “Homosexuality,” Lawrence v. Texas, __U.S.__(2003)(dissenting)
Chapter Twelve: “Other Rights,” Cruzan v. Missouri Dept. of Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990)(concurring); Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000)(dissenting).

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