From Hobby Lobby to capital punishment—a reflection on this year's constitutional issues.
As the Supreme Court returns to the bench on Monday, the Stanford Press blog offers a brief retrospective on some of the defining constitutional questions of 2014, including commentary on such high profile cases as Hobby Lobby, McCutcheon, and Aereo, as well as a reflection on perhaps one of the biggest constitutional quandaries not to feature on the SCOTUS docket this year: the death penalty and its concomitant legacy of botched procedures. See the full lineup for this week’s series below.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
IN THE COMMERCIAL SPHERE
Are people organized as corporations entitled to constitutional rights?
by ILYA SOMIN
Tuesday
COPYRIGHT IN THE DIGITAL AGE
What do new cord-cutting technologies mean for copyright law?
by JESSICA SILBEY
Wednesday
A NEW ERA IN POLITICAL EXCLUSION
In a democratic state, should wealth be permitted to amplify individuals’ political influence?
by TIM KUHNER
Thursday
BOTCHING THE 8th AMENDMENT
Does the death penalty inherently constitute “cruel and unusual” punishment?
by AUSTIN SARAT
Friday
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