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The article offers information on a panel discussion held at the 2016 Georgia State University Law Review Symposium on the transparency in the U.S. Supreme Court in the age of social media. Several law experts that participated in the discussion includes Robert Barnes, Dahlia Lithwick, and Professor Eric Segall.

Constitutional law casebooks, generations of constitutional lawyers, and the Justices themselves say that the Court is more likely to depart from precedent in constitutional cases than in other types. We test this assumption in cases decided by the Roberts Court and find, at odds with earlier studies, that the data provide inconclusive support for it. Other factors, especially criticism of precedent by lower courts and lawyers, are more consistent and stronger predictors of the Court's decisions to depart from precedent. These findings have interesting implications for lawyering, teaching, and judging in the constitutional law context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several speeches on judicial responsibility and the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in case 'Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co.' delivered by several law professionals including Adam Liptak, Keith Swisher and James Sample at a symposium held in 2014 at the New York University, are presented.

An introduction is presented in which the author discusses the theme of the issue which addresses the American government's reported war on drugs as of June 2013, including information on marijuana laws, mandatory prison sentences, and the regulation of firearms in the U.S.

The author reflects on the performance of Chief Justice John Roberts of the Supreme Court in the U.S. He chronicles how Roberts was able to instill an insular culture in the Supreme Court during his term, which prompted people to think that he was a little weird due to his use of popular music in judicial opinions. The author also recognizes Roberts' effort in using rock lyric to buttress a legal proposition in the decisions of the Supreme Court.

The article discusses the justice system of the cases Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co. and Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission in the U.S. It emphasizes that the Supreme Court has viewed the system as vulnerable to the influence of money. It further mentions that the decision of the Caperton case has started a conversation about the meaning of fairness in adjudication.