Jamesian Philosophy Refreshed

As regular readers will have noticed, I've been creating a multi-entry list of Supreme Court decisions, naming just one stand-out decision per year. Here is my final entry on that theme, bringing us up to date. Supreme Court cases, 2010 to the present 2010: McDonald v. Chicago -- second amendment 2011: Snyder v. Phelps --  limit on tort liability for emotional distress (Westboro Baptists and the first amendment) 2012: NFIB v. Sebelius -- the big Obamacare decision 2013: Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics -- genes and patents 2014: Halliburton v. Erica P. John Fund -- class certification and securities fraud 2015: Obergefell v. Hodges -- marriage equality 2016: Merrill Lynch v. Manning -- state courts have concurrent jurisdiction on certain securities fraud civil liability issues with the federal courts. I've now listed a total of 47 SCOTUS decisions in this very subjective way. There should be some broader gener...

I'm continuing my list of the most important U.S. Supreme Court decisions, year by year. Today, we turn the corner into a new millennium. Still as subjective as ever. 2000: Bush v. Gore -- equal protection clause and county-by-county voting rules 2001: Good News Club v. Milford Central School -- establishment clause and school-sanctioned clubs 2002: Zelman v. Simmons-Harris -- establishment clause and school vouchers 2003: Sell v. United States -- forced medication of a defendant charged with non-violent offenses, doesn't necessarily violate due process. 2004:   Austria v. Altmann -- sovereign immunity, Nazi theft of art 2005: Kelo v. New London -- eminent domain 2006: eBay v. MercExchange -- injunctions and patent infringement -- patent trolling? 2007: Weyerhauser v. Ross-Simmons Hardwood -- antitrust and predatory bidding 2008: Stoneridge Inv. Partners v. Scientific-Atlanta -- securities fraud 3d parties 2009: Melendez-Diaz v. Massac...