Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 2 - Recent Civil Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court: The 2003-2004 Term

The civil cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during its last term were headlined by its decisions reasserting the rule of law in the context of detainees in the war on terrorism. In addition, the Court handed down a number of decisions on civil rights, the First Amendment, federalism, presidential power, and civil statutory interpretation. We review those cases here.