Constitutional Issues to be Decided by the U.S. Supreme Court

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | September 16, 2007 – 08:31

constitutionIn honor of Constitution Day, here are three constitutional law cases to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court (Cases where certiorari has been granted can be easily located by logging on to U.S. Law Week , clicking on “Supreme Court Today” and selecting “Cases Granted Review”) :

United States v. Williams, Docket No. 06-694, Oral Argument on 10/30/07: Whether the anti-pandering provision of the federal child pornography law, 8 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(3)(B), is unconstitutionally vague, overbroad and/or violates the First Amendment.

Boudemeine v. Bush, Docket No. 06-1195 and Al Odah v. United States, Docket No. 06-1169, (oral argument date not set): Whether the detainees at Guantánamo have a constitutional right to habeas corpus. See Questions Presented in the Detainee Cases, Scotus Blog, June 29, 2007

Medellin v. Texas, Docket No. 06-984, Oral Argument 10/10/2007. Whether the President of the United States acted within his constitutional authority when he determined on Feb. 28, 2005, that the states must give effect to the Avena judgment of the International Court of Justice in the cases of the 51 Mexican nationals named in that March 2004 judgment, and whether the state courts are bound by the Constitution to honor the International Court of Justice’s Avena judgment.