Adam Liptak, the Supreme Court correspondent of The New York Times, inaugurated the "Sidebar" column in January of 2007. The column covers and considers developments in the world of law, explaining the significance of legal developments, the stories of the underlying court cases, and the intersecting orbits of lawyers, clients, lawmakers, scholars and judges.
Columnist Biography A Mailroom Mix-Up That Could Cost a LifeTime for a death row appeal ran out before a law firm’s mistake was discovered. A plea to the Supreme Court asks that the inmate not bear the blame.
August 3, 2010When a Justice and a Case Are Too Close
Elena Kagan’s confirmation hearings have highlighted how vague the standards for recusal by Supreme Court justices are.
July 25, 2010Court Under Roberts Is Most Conservative in Decades
The court’s center of gravity under Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has edged to the right, based on an analysis of four sets of political science data.
July 25, 2010Seeking Hints to a Supreme Court Ruling on Gay MarriageAn aside about laws affecting gay men and lesbians in a recent case is being viewed as a potential signal for a future Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage.
July 20,ugg store, 2010Defendants Squeezed by Georgia’s Tight BudgetThe Supreme Court may weigh in on a capital case in which the defenders were chosen by the prosecution.
July 6, 2010NEWS ANALYSIS; Kagan Reminds Senators, Legislation Is Your JobWASHINGTON -- Supreme Court confirmation hearings are usually designed to probe a nominee's conception of the role of the justices. But this week's questioning of Elena Kagan turned into a tutorial on Congressional responsibility. Over and over, Ms. Kagan reminded the senators questioning her of their own duty to pass cogent, sensible -- and constitutional -- laws. The Supreme Court,ugg bailey button, she said, was not created to strike down foolish measures.
July 2, 2010NEWS ANALYSIS; Roberts Court Comes of AgeNews analysis; profile of Supreme Court led by Chief Justice John G Roberts Jr has fundamentally changed from one of judicial minimalism and restraint to one that has entered assertive and sometimes unpredictable phase; that will only intensify with retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens, 35-year veteran of court and leader of its liberal wing, and his likely replacement by Elena Kagan, solicitor general whose confirmation hearings in Senate are under way; Roberts, who joined court five years ...
June 30, 2010Supreme Court Affirms A Ban on Soft MoneyWASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed without comment a ruling upholding a ban on so-called soft-money contributions to political parties. Three justices -- Anthony M. Kennedy, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas -- did vote to hear the case,cheap uggs, suggesting the possibility that the court might take up a similar question down the road.
June 30, 2010JUSTICES EXTEND FIREARM RIGHTS IN 5-TO-4 RULINGSupreme Court rules,ugg bailey button boots, 5 to 4, that Second Amendment's guarantee of individual right to bear arms applies to state and local gun control laws; ruling comes almost exactly two years after court first ruled that Second Amendment protects individual right to own guns, but that case did not address whether Second Amendment protects gun owners from overreaching by state and local governments; Justice Samuel Alito Jr, writing for majority, says right to self-defense protected by Second Amendment is fun...
June 29, 2010Justices Bid Farewells On Last DayWASHINGTON -- The announcements of the last decisions of the Supreme Court term on Monday were bracketed by farewells. At the opening of the session, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. read a statement about the death on Sunday of Martin D. Ginsburg, the husband of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Mr. Ginsburg, the chief justice noted, was an accomplished lawyer and law professor known for his sharp wit and gourmet cooking.
June 29, 2010Court Backs Accounting RegulatorSupreme Court unanimously rejects challenge to 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which established Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in wake of Enron accounting scandal; Free Enterprise Fund had argued that board was illegal because it was appointed by Securities and Exchange Commission rather than president, but justices find that there has been no violation of separation-of-powers principle in this case and entity is legal; prior to Sarbanes-Oxley there was very little regulation of accounting...
June 29, 2010Club That Discriminates Loses AppealWASHINGTON -- A public law school did not violate the First Amendment by withdrawing recognition from a Christian student group that excluded gay students, the Supreme Courtruled on Monday in a 5-to-4 decision. The case, involving a clash between religious freedom and antidiscrimination principles, divided along familiar ideological lines, with the court's four more liberal members and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy in the majority.
June 29, 2010Study Finds Questioning Of Nominees To Be UsefulWASHINGTON -- Ever since nominees to the Supreme Court started to subject themselves to comprehensive grilling in 1939, their confirmation hearings have been dismissed by the legal elite as an empty charade. A 35-year-old lawyer named William H. Rehnquist, who would go on to become chief justice of the United States, said as much in The Harvard Law Record in 1959. Four decades later, a 35-year-old law professor named Elena Kagan, whose confirmation hearings start Monday, agreed in The Universit...
June 28, 2010Justices Limit Law Used for Corruption CasesSupreme Court significantly narrows scope of law often used by federal prosecutors in corruption cases; justices unanimously agreed that broad interpretation of law involving deprivation of 'honest services' is unconstitutionally vague, giving potential defendants insufficient notice of what constitutes crime and prosecutors too much discretion in deciding who to charge with corruption; ruling returns to lower courts convictions of former Enron chief executive Jeffrey K Skilling and former Holl...
June 25, 2010Secrecy Rejected on Ballot PetitionsWASHINGTON -- People who sign petitions to put referendums on state ballots do not have a general right under the First Amendment to keep their names secret, the Supreme Courtruled on Thursday in an 8-to-1 decision. The near-unanimity of the decision masked a deep division on a more focused question that the justices left for another day: Are there good reasons to protect the identities of people who signed petitions concerning a measure opposing gay rights and say they fear harassment and reta...
June 25, 2010Court Affirms Ban on Aiding Groups Tied to TerrorThe Supreme Court rejected a First Amendment challenge to a federal law that bars giving “material support” to terrorist organizations.
June 22, 2010Kagan’s E-Mail at Clinton White House Reveals a Blunt, Savvy Legal Adviser
While working in the West Wing of the Clinton White House, Elena Kagan was fiercely protective of the president.
June 19, 2010Justices Debate Issues In an Oceanfront CaseWASHINGTON -- A project to restore eroded beaches in the Florida Panhandle did not violate the Constitution's takings clause even though the state claimed ownership of the strip of land the project created next to the ocean, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. The vote was 8 to 0 against property owners who challenged a ruling of the Florida Supreme Court that had, as they put it, turned oceanfront property into ocean-view property.
June 18, 2010Justices Allow Search of Work-Issued PagerA California police department did not violate the Constitution with the audit, the Supreme Court ruled.
June 18, 2010Governor Refuses to Free Man, Despite Son’s EffortsThe clemency board says William Macumber is innocent, but Arizona’s governor has refused to discuss freeing him.
June 15, 2010Justices Ease Deportation Rule in Minor Drug CasesWASHINGTON -- Immigrants who are legally in the United States need not be automatically deported for minor drug offenses, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a unanimous decision. Lower courts had said that Jose Angel Carachuri-Rosendo, a permanent resident of the United States who had lived here since 1983, when he was 5, was subject to mandatory deportation for a second drug offense, this one involving possession of single tablet of a prescription drug.
June 15, 2010Kagan Took Broad View of Religious FreedomThe memo was among 43,000 pages of newly released documents from Bill Clinton’s library.
June 12, 2010Justices Block Matching Funds for Candidates in ArizonaThe Supreme Court reinstated an injunction against a program meant to help candidates who accept public financing keep pace with the unlimited spending of candidates who do not.
June 9, 2010Glimpses of Kagan’s Views in Clinton White HouseThe 46,700 pages of documents released by the National Archives reveal a woman who was trying to balance competing policy objectives and chart a centrist course.
June 5, 2010Mere Silence Doesn’t Invoke Miranda, Justices SayCriminal suspects seeking to protect their right to remain silent must speak up,ugg store, the Supreme Court ruled.
June 2, 2010Talk to the Newsroom:Adam Liptak, National Legal Reporter
Adam Liptak, national legal reporter, is answering questions this week.
Campaign Cash Mirrors a High Court's RulingsOhio Supreme Court justices routinely sat on cases after receiving contributions from the parties involved.
Ruling on Contributors' CasesA New York Times analysis of decisions by the Ohio Supreme Court from 1994 to March 2006.
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American Exception: The Bail BondsmanAs a bail bondsman, Wayne Spath is an insurance salesman, a social worker,cheap ugg boots, a lightly regulated law enforcement agent,ugg adirondack tall, a real estate appraiser and a for-profit wing of the American justice system.
Art and the LawAdam Liptak examines the thin line between art and trademark infringement.
Judicial Campaign Money TrailAdam Liptak reports on a New York Times investigation into money and politics behind state Supreme Court judges. (Produced by: Emily B. Hager)
Judge Rejects Eavesdropping ProgramA federal judge ruled that the Bush administration's program of eavesdropping without warrants is illegal and unconstitutional. The Times's Adam Liptak reports. (Producer: Emily B. Hager)
Audio Slide Show: Painting in SolitaryAdam Liptak discusses the art of Donald Johnson, who is serving three life terms in Pelican Bay State Prison.
Alito and O'ConnorJudge Samuel A. Alito Jr. refused Thursday to compare himself to the justice he would replace on the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Connor, reports The Times's Adam Liptak.
Alito: Third Day of HearingsThe Times's Adam Liptak reports on the third day of confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court. (Producer: Kassie Bracken)
Alito Hearing: The IssuesThe Times's Adam Liptak examines Judge Alito's responses to questions on major issues during Tuesday's hearing. (Producer: Richard Tanner)
Alito Hearing: Looking AheadThe Times's Adam Liptak discusses some of the issues that will take center stage during Tuesday's hearings.
Alito and AbortionThe Times's Adam Liptak discusses how the issue of abortion will come into play during the hearings.
Life Without ParoleDriven by tougher laws, thousands of lifers are going into prisons each year, and in many states only a few are ever coming out, The Times's Adam Liptak reports.
Adam Liptak on the Court's Rejection of AppealThe United States Supreme Court declined today to hear the cases of two reporters facing jail time for refusing to testify about conversations with their confidential sources. The Times's Adam Liptak reports.
Adam Liptak on the Juvenile Death Penalty DecisionThe 5-4 decision erases the death sentences imposed on 72 defendants in 12 states who were juveniles at the time they killed.
Adam Liptak on the Ruling in the C.I.A. Leak CaseThe Times's Adam Liptak analyzes the ruling by a three-judge panel of the federal appeals court that two reporters have no First Amendment protection from a grand jury subpoena seeking to learn the identity of their sources.
Adam Liptak, Times Legal CorrespondentThe Times's Adam Liptak discusses the legal and political battle over civil liberties and national security.
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