Class 4 Materials

Class 4 Links:

• https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/politics/video/shadow-docket-trump-supreme-court-explained

• https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345301.Becoming_Justice_Blackmun

• Supreme court justices by length of service.  Current members highlighted:    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_justices_by_time_in_office

• Powers and duties of Chief Justice:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States#:~:text=%5B3%5D-,Powers%20and%20duties,-%5Bedit%5D

• Books That Shaped America  The Common Law:    https://www.c-span.org/program/books-that-shaped-america/the-common-law/631117

• https://www.scotusblog.com/

• Blackmun, in pondering the Roe v Wade,  did RESEARCH . Which ties into the assigned readings, the profound differences among the approaches  of justices as to what  information should be weighed in their decisions. https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1366&context=blr

• stare decisis      Stare decisis is the doctrine that courts will adhere to precedent in making their decisions. Stare decisis means “to stand by things decided” in Latin.  https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/stare_decisis

• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/28/clarance-thomas-precedence-supreme-court-docket