Volume 126 · November 2012 · Number 1
The Supreme Court 2011 Term
FOREWORD
Democracy and Disdain
Pamela S. Karlan
COMMENTS
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
To Tax, To Spend, To Regulate
Gillian E. Metzger
Affordable Convergence: “Reasonable Interpretation” and the Affordable Care Act
Martha Minow
Incompetent Plea Bargaining and Extrajudicial Reforms
Stephanos Bibas
LEADING CASES
FIRST AMENDMENT
Ministerial Exception: Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. EEOC
Compelled Subsidization: Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000
False Statements of Fact: United States v. Alvarez
FOURTH AMENDMENT
Strip Searches of Prisoners: Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders
Fourth Amendment — Qualified Immunity: Messerschmidt v. Millender
Search and GPS Surveillance: United States v. Jones
FIFTH AMENDMENT
Miranda Custody: Howes v. Fields
Suggestive Eyewitness Identifications: Perry v. New Hampshire
SIXTH AMENDMENT
Factfinding in Sentencing for Criminal Fines: Southern Union Co. v. United States
Forensic Evidence: Williams v. Illinois
EIGHTH AMENDMENT
Mandatory Juvenile Life Without Parole: Miller v. Alabama
COPYRIGHT CLAUSE
Restoring Copyright to Public Domain Works: Golan v. Holder
CONSTITUTIONAL REMEDIES
Bivens Actions: Minneci v. Pollard
POLITICAL QUESTION DOCTRINE
Designation of Passport Applicant’s Birthplace: Zivotofsky ex rel. Zivotofsky v. Clinton
STATE SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
Congress’s Enforcement Power Under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment: Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland
FEDERAL PREEMPTION OF STATE LAW
State Immigration Enforcement: Arizona v. United States
HABEAS CORPUS
Excuse of State Procedural Default: Martinez v. Ryan
PATENT ACT OF 1952
Patentable Subject Matter: Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.
FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938
Auer Deference: Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE § 6501(A)
Chevron Deference: United States v. Home Concrete & Supply, LLC
VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965
Redistricting: Perry v. Perez
STATISTICS
The Statistics
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