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# 2007–2008 

Edited by [Ilya Shapiro](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro) 

In this annual review from the Cato Institute, Ilya Shapiro and leading legal scholars analyze the 2007–2008 Supreme Court term, specifically the most important and far-reaching cases of the year, plus cases coming up. Now in its seventh edition, the *Review* is the first scholarly journal to appear after the term’s end and the only one grounded in the nation’s first principles, liberty, and limited government.

##### Foreword 

#### [Is the Court Any Longer Constrained by the Constitution? ](/supreme-court-review/2007-2008/court-any-longer-constrained-constitution)

By [Roger Pilon](https://www.cato.org/people/roger-pilon) 

##### Introduction 

#### [Introduction ](/supreme-court-review/2007-2008/introduction)

By [Ilya Shapiro](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro) 

##### Annual B. Kenneth Simon Lecture 

#### [The Once and Future First Amendment ](/supreme-court-review/2007-2008/once-future-first-amendment)

By Janice Rogers Brown 

##### International Law and the War on Terror 

#### [*Boumediene* and the Uncertain March of Judicial Cosmopolitanism](/supreme-court-review/2007-2008/boumediene-uncertain-march-judicial-cosmopolitanism)

By Eric A. Posner 

#### [Rights over Borders: Transnational Constitutionalism and Guantanamo Bay ](/supreme-court-review/2007-2008/rights-over-borders-transnational-constitutionalism-guantanamo-bay)

By David D. Cole 

#### [*Medellín v. Texas* and the Ultimate Law School Exam](/supreme-court-review/2007-2008/medellin-v-texas-ultimate-law-school-exam)

By [Ilya Shapiro](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro) 

##### Revisiting the First, Second, and Fourth Amendments 

#### [It’s My Party — Or Is It?First Amendment Problems Arisingfrom the Mixed Role of Political Partiesin Elections ](/supreme-court-review/2007-2008/its-party-or-itfirst-amendment-problems-arisingfrom-mixed-role)

By Erik Jaffe 

#### [*District of Columbia v. Heller*: The Second Amendment Is Back, Baby](/supreme-court-review/2007-2008/district-columbia-v-heller-second-amendment-back-baby)

By [Clark Neily](https://www.cato.org/people/clark-neily) 

#### [Judicial Supremacy and Federalism: A Closer Look at *Danforth* and *Moore*](/supreme-court-review/2007-2008/judicial-supremacy-federalism-closer-look-danforth-moore)

By Edward J. Loya Jr. 

##### Labor Law and Free Speech 

#### [*Chamber of Commerce v. Brown*: Protecting Free Debate on Unionization](/supreme-court-review/2007-2008/chamber-commerce-v-brown-protecting-free-debate-unionization)

By William J. Kilberg and [Jennifer J. Schulp](https://www.cato.org/people/jennifer-j-schulp) 

##### The Business of the Court 

#### [*Stoneridge Investment Partners v. Scientific-Atlanta*: The Political Economy of Securities Class Action Reform](/supreme-court-review/2007-2008/stoneridge-investment-partners-v-scientific-atlanta-political-economy)

By Adam C. Pritchard 

#### [Federal Preemption at the Supreme Court ](/supreme-court-review/2007-2008/federal-preemption-supreme-court)

By Daniel E. Troy and Rebecca K. Wood 

#### [A Deal Is Still a Deal: *Morgan Stanley Capital Group v. Public Utility District No. 1*](/supreme-court-review/2007-2008/deal-still-deal-morgan-stanley-capital-group-v-public-utility)

By Richard P. Bress, Michael J. Gergen, and Stephanie S. Lim 

#### [*Quanta v. LG Electronics*: Frustrating Patent Deals by Taking Contracting Options off the Table?](/supreme-court-review/2007-2008/quanta-v-lg-electronics-frustrating-patent-deals-taking-contracting)

By F. Scott Kieff 

##### Looking Ahead 

#### [October Term 2008 ](/supreme-court-review/2007-2008/october-term-2008)

By Thomas C. Goldstein and Ben Winograd 

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