Last Term, the Supreme Court confronted constitutional issues of sex discrimination and search and seizure. First, in Atwater v. City of Lago Vista,1 the Court held that the Fourth Amendment creates no bar to the warrantless arrest of a citizen for a misdemeanor criminal offense. Then, in Nguyen v. INS,2 the Court upheld against an equal protection challenge a statute that imposed different req...

The authority of a leader is enhanced when her commands or recommendations for action are obeyed. The authority of a leader is also enhanced when her commands are "principled" based on good reasons and therefore the leader is seen to be acting in the interests of her followers. But for a leader interested in maintaining her authority, there is often a con ict between these strategies. For examp...

The appointment in 1953 of Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the United States marked the beginning of a new era in the development of constitutional law. In the ensuing years changes of vast dimension and historic impact have taken place. Few men are better qualified to assess the significance of the decisions of the Warren Court than Archibald Cox, student of law, teacher of law and, from 1961 ...

In December, 2010, Canada's 6 year old Assisted Human Reproduction Act was successfully challenged in the Supreme Court of Canada. There may be important implications for public health and the evolution of reproductive technologies in this country.