The Charleston Law Review, the flagship law review of the Charleston School of Law, invites submissions for its Supreme Court Preview issue. The editors welcome an article or essay addressing a case before the Court in its October 2010 Term, or in the alternative, addressing an aspect of the Court itself such as recent voting trends, case load, an analysis of a particular Justice, or any other topic related to the Supreme Court. Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis beginning July 1; all submissions must be in by Aug. 1, 2010.
Last year, the 2009 Supreme Court Preview included a diverse spectrum of articles. For example, in Breaching a Leaking Dam?: Corporate Money and Elections, Notre Dame law professor Lloyd Mayer chronicled the Courts gradual tightening of laws governing corporate funding of election campaigns, including the key decisions in Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce and McConnell v. FEC. Professor Mayer analyzed the various ways that the Court could resolve the novel question presented in Citizens United v. FEC, and discussed the ramifications that the Courts overruling of its previous precedents will have on election law and campaign finance law. Alternatively, in New Supreme Court Justices and the Freshman Effect, Mr. Robert Peck of the Center for Constitutional Litigation examined the voting patterns of new Justices on the Court. Mr. Peck asserted that it may take years for a Justice to develop his or her own judicial philosophy, often aligning herself with more senior Justices in the interim. Thus, he argued that Justice Sotomayors early opinions and voting patterns may be more reflective of the views of her colleagues than the ultimate path she will decide to follow.
The Supreme Court Preview is published to coincide with the opening of the October Term 2010, and we therefore ask that work be submitted no later than August 1, 2010. Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis beginning July 1, 2010. Please direct submissions and any questions about our Supreme Court Preview to Piper Reiff, Editor in Chief, via email at epreiff [at] charlestonlaw.edu or via telephone at (214) 707-1664.
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