On October 1, 2007, the Supreme Court’s Marshall Pamela Talkin[1] called the traditional “Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! All persons having business before the Honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States, are admonished to draw near and give their attention, for the Court is now sitting.” It opened a Term that will be of interest to […]
The October 2008 Term of the United States Supreme Court began on October 6,2008. By the time the Term adjourned on June 29, 2009, the Court had changed or clarified the law in several important areas. (As we shall see, technically there was another argument in September 2009 as part of this Term.) The Court […]
The 2005 Term of the Supreme Court that began on October 3, 2005, and ended June 29, 2006, was a time of change. A new Chief Justice, John Roberts, was confirmed shortly before the Term began, and a new Associate Justice, Samuel Alito, Jr., was nominated and confirmed at the end of January. Justice Alito […]
The 2006-2007 Term of the U.S. Supreme Court is described by most Court watchers as evidencing a shift to the right. While there is truth in this conventional wisdom, it would be simplistic and somewhat early to diagnose this as a long-term trend. In many ways, this was a Term that focused on Justice Anthony […]
A psychologist was reprimanded and fined by the state board for violating Rule 4.02 (b) of the 1992 American Psychological Association’s “Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct’ (which the Oregon Board had adopted and which was applicable at the time of the events in question) that provides: “When persons are […]
Most psychologists at least have a general idea about the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling some fifteen years ago in Jaffee v. Redmond1. There the court reviewed a patient-defendant’s claim of psychotherapist-patient privilege2 in a personal injury action. The plaintiff sought to gain access to the defendant’s therapist’s records to assist in proving the defendant’s liability. […]
The Term of the U.S. Supreme Court that began Monday, October 7, 2002, and concluded June 26, 2003 (officially the October 2002 Term), will have a significant impact on American law, and on the practice of psychologists and the lives of those they serve. It was a term of special interest to psychologists; the APA […]
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