Volume 5, Issue 1 (Spring 2003)

Essays

John Anthony Maltese, Confirmation Gridlock: The Federal Judicial Appointments Process under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush

Sarah Wilson, Appellate Judicial Appointments during the Clinton Presidency: An Inside Perspective

FIRST ARGUMENTS AT THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS

David J. Bederman • Beth S. Brinkmann • David I. Bruck • Timothy Coates • J. Richard Cohen • Talbot D’Alemberte • Walter Dellinger • Edward B. Foley • Andrew L. Frey • Ian A. Macpherson • Stuart M. Riback • J. Thomas Sullivan • Christina M. Tchen • Laurence H. Tribe

Articles

Brent E. Newton, Applications for Certificates of Appealability and the Supreme Court’s “Obligatory” Jurisdiction

Developments and Practice Notes

Charles G. Cole, Judging Federal Regulations that Preempt State Law: The Role of the Presumption Against Preemption

Peter O. Huang, The Holmes Group, Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc.: The Return of Patent Appeals to the Regional Circuits

Gary O’Connor and Stephanie Tai, Legal and Appellate Weblogs: What They Are, Why You Should Read Them, and Why You Should Consider Starting Your Own

From the Library

Robert H. Jackson, Advocacy Before the United States Supreme Court