Supreme Court: The Term in Review (2015–2016) Part 1 of 2

Four of the nation’s top legal scholars discuss and analyze the decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015–2016 Term that are most likely to affect the work of federal judges in the coming years. First Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Federalism and Separation of Powers, Federal Statutes, reproductive rights and RFRA, federal courts and civil procedure, criminal law, and criminal procedure, are among the topics explored and explained. (July 2016) Faculty: John S. Cooke (Federal Judicial Center), Jim Chance (Federal Judicial Center), Erwin Chemerinsky (University of California Irvine, School of Law), Michelle Harner (University of Maryland School of Law), Evan Tsen Lee (University of California, Hastings College of the Law), Laurie Levenson (Loyola Law School), Suzanna Sherry (Vanderbilt University Law School), John R. Thomas (Georgetown Law Center), and Elizabeth C. Wiggins (Federal Judicial Center). Part 1 of 2 Introduction and First Amendment A look at