TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Brittany Sims on Dec 31, 2014

Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky presents his five most important stories about the U.S. Supreme Court in 2014 in terms of their impact on the law and society for the ABA Journal. The list includes the court’s unanimity, rulings on intellectual property, the increasing rights of corporations, influence of Justice Anthony Kennedy and the lack of vacancies on the court — specifically 81-year-old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s refusal to retire so that Democratic President Barack Obama could appoint her successor. The court is predicted to consider marriage equality, the Affordable Care Act, abortion and affirmative action in 2015.