Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) up for the United States

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released third quarter information on the US's GDP. According to the press release the GDP went up by 3.9% in the third quarter. These are initial figures and may be revised later, but this is a small increase from the 3.8% increase in the second quarter.

Want to know more about the GDP? Check out the BEA's Primer on GDP. You can also examine the figures over time (some back to 1963) using the BEA's interactive tables.

Want to read some analysis of this release? Check out the Washington Post's "U.S. Economy Grows at Faster Than Expected Rate."

Want more information on Business and Economics? Check out these library guides.

Reports from Congressional Research Service

This week brings us Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports on China, Medicaid, exports, and much more. CRS is a research agency of Congress and writes reports at Congress's request. These short reports (usually 10-40 pages long) cover recent topics of concern. While these reports are in the public domain there is no central database available to the public. To get a copy of a CRS report you can request it from your Senator or Representative. This list is compiled from CRS reports discovered by Secrecy News and OpenCRS:
Interested in historical CRS reports? If you are here at the Boulder campus, check out the LexisNexis Congressional database, which has reports back to 1916.

Not on campus, but still want access to additional reports? The library has a guide linking to various additional sources of CRS reports.

Monday, October 29, 2007

Supreme Court to Hear Exxon Valdez Appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by the Exxon Mobil Corporation. Exxon is seeking to overturn $2.5 billion in punitive damages they were ordered to pay by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for the 1989 Alaskan oil spill. The Supreme Court agreed to take the case to settle the question of whether the award violates federal maritime law. The case, Exxon Shipping Company, et al., Petitioners v. Grant Baker, et al. (No. 07-219), is expected to clarify the question of punitive damages and will be heard in Spring 2008.

In March 1989 the Exxon Valdez supertanker ran aground on a reef and spilled eleven million gallons of oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound. That spill polluted over 1,200 miles of the Alaskan coastline, killed hundreds of thousands of birds, fish, and marine animals and damaged the local economy. Almost 33,000 Native Alaskans, fishermen, landowners, canneries, and local governments and businesses filed a class-action suit against Exxon Mobil. In 1994, an Alaskan jury awarded the plaintiffs $5 billion. That award was cut in half by the Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in December 2006 (No. 04-35182).

For background information and history on the Exxon Valdez check out these sites:
Read "Supreme Court to Hear Exxon Valdez Case" from the Washington Post, "Supreme Court to Review $2.5B in Damages Owed by Exxon Mobil Corp. for 1989 Oil Spill" from FOX News, and "Supreme Court to Review Damages in Valdez Oil Spill" from the New York Times.

Want more information? Check out the library's guide on Energy.

Friday, October 26, 2007

GAO Releases this week

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week they investigated a variety of issues, such as housing, oil and railroads. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports
Testimonies
Correspondence
Presentation by the Comptroller General
  • "Fiscal, Health, and Retirement Challenges," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Conference of Consulting Actuaries' annual conference, in San Antonio, Texas. GAO-08-237CG, October 22.
    http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08237cg.pdf
  • "America's Fiscal Future and Retirement Security," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the American Council of Life Insurers' CEO Capital Forum, in Washington, D.C. GAO-08-236CG, October 23.
    http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08236cg.pdf
  • "Saving Our Future Requires Tough Choices Today," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, on the Fiscal Wake-Up Tour in Hartford, Connecticut. GAO-08-234CG, October 23.
    http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08234cg.pdf
  • "America's Fiscal Future," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Association for Financial Professionals' annual conference, in Boston, Massachusetts. GAO-08-235CG, October 23.
    http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08235cg.pdf
  • "The Evolving Role of Supreme Audit Institutions in Addressing Fiscal and Other Key Sustainability Challenges," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the 20th Public Audit Forum hosted by the Board of Audit of Japan, in Tokyo, Japan. GAO-07-1232CG, August 24.
    http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d071232cg.pdf

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Natural Disaster images from NASA

NASA keeps a web site of satellite imagery for various natural disasters that occur across the world. The picture to the right is of the fires and smoke in California and is from the MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. You can read more about this image on Earth Observatory page.

The Earth Observatory Natural Hazards page in addition to having images of the US also covers natural disasters, such as the dust storm in Egypt this weekend.

Want more aerial photography and satellite imagery? Check out the library's guide.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Fires in California

Anyone who has picked up a newspaper, turned on the TV or radio probably has heard about the fires raging across Southern California. The government, both state and federal, has been involved in the fires and their affects. Here are a few resources to check out:
  • San Diego Union Tribune This is the local paper for San Diego, where many of the over 1,300 homes destroyed are located. It has stories on the fires paths, links to road closures, evacuation notices, and much more.
  • San Diego County Emergency This is the County's web page for everything from shelters, closures, and much more.
  • Cal Fires This is the state web site for the fires in California. On the front page you can actually view where the various fires are located or you can view the larger Google map.
  • NOAA information This press release from NOAA links to weather and fire forecasts.
  • FEMA information The President announced major disaster declaration for southern California. This frees up federal funds to help supply shelters and for individuals recovering after the disaster. You can view the exact assistance the various federal agencies have supplied on this page.
The Santa Anna winds have been blamed for much of the spread and unpredictability of these fires, to get more weather information check out the library's guide.

The fallen of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom

The Department of Defense has been releasing a list of casualty numbers every day. While one can find names, ages, branches by searching press releases and local papers, there has been no central source with all this information. The Washington Post just launched a new web site Faces of the Fallen. It has pictures, a brief biography, the information on the cause and date. You can browse the site by clicking on pictures or look at service members from operation, age, year of death, home state, and military branch.

Looking for more information on operations in Iraq or Afghanistan? Check out the library's guide.

Want more resources on the military? Check out the library's guide.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Congressional Research Service reports

This week brings us Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports on Iraq, the electricity industry, intelligence, and much more. CRS is a research agency of Congress and writes reports at Congress's request. These short reports (usually 10-40 pages long) cover recent topics of concern. While these reports are in the public domain there is no central database available to the public. To get a copy of a CRS report you can request it from your Senator or Representative. This list is compiled from CRS reports discovered by Secrecy News and OpenCRS:
Interested in historical CRS reports? If you are here at the Boulder campus, check out the LexisNexis Congressional database, which has reports back to 1916.

Not on campus, but still want access to additional reports? The library has a guide linking to various additional sources of CRS reports.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Blogging government officials

It has been a while since I have introduced you to any new blogs and after reading the Denver Post this morning I thought it might be time to highlight a few new ones. In "Cabinet blogs dish D.C. talk" you can read about some cabinet members who are out there in the blogsphere.

First, is Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff who is a contributor to the Leadership Journal. This blog covers topics ranging from IED attacks to Wilson Churchill.

If you want entries actually written (not just edited) by a Cabinet member, check out Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt's blog. He candidly talks about what he has been doing at work throwing in some personal observations that are often missed in press releases. For an example of this check out his entry on the Gates Malaria Forum.

Finally, leaving the cabinet behind why not check out the GovGab blog from the people who bring us USA.gov. This blog unlike the first two is all about how to use government information in your daily life. It gives links for choosing cable, shopping online, and even how to store those leftovers.

Still need more? Check out USA.gov's list of blogs.

Friday, October 19, 2007

GAO Releases this week

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week they investigated a variety of issues, such as housing, oil and railroads. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports
Testimonies
Correspondence
Presentation by the Comptroller General
  • "America's Fiscal Future," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before Leadership America, in Washington. GAO-08-205CG, October 15.
    http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08205cg.pdf
  • "America's Fiscal Future," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Institutional Investor's Public Funds Symposium, in Washington. GAO-08-204CG, October 16.
    http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08204cg.pdf

Bombing in Pakistan

Yesterday, there was a bomb set off near former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. She was uninjured, but over 100 people were injured. This is Bhutto's first return to Pakistan after eight years spent in exile. President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat condemned the attacks in a press release.

You can read more about the attack and Bhutto's response in the Washington Post article "Bhutto Undeterred by Militant Bomb Attacks: Former Leader to Pursue Political Ambitions."

Want more on Pakistan? Check out the library's guide.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

This week from the CRS

This week brings us Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports on Burma, terrorism, federal aid, laws, and much more. CRS is a research agency of Congress and writes reports at Congress's request. These short reports (usually 10-40 pages long) cover recent topics of concern. While these reports are in the public domain there is no central database available to the public. To get a copy of a CRS report you can request it from your Senator or Representative. This list is compiled from CRS reports discovered by Secrecy News and OpenCRS:
Interested in historical CRS reports? If you are here at the Boulder campus, check out the LexisNexis Congressional database, which has reports back to 1916.

Not on campus, but still want access to additional reports? The library has a guide linking to various additional sources of CRS reports.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Turkish Parliament Authorizes Military Operations in Iraq

The Turkish Parliament voted 507-19 in favor of allowing the government to begin military operations in Northern Iraq to pursue Kurdish rebels responsible for attacks on soldiers, police and civilians. Turkish officials announced last week that they were preparing to seek parliamentary authority to launch cross-border military operations into Iraq targeting Kurdish separatists, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The military incursion can happen at anytime in the next year.

"We are making it very clear to Turkey that we don't think it is in their interests to send troops into Iraq," President Bush told reporters at today's press conference. He also discussed the U.S. Congress resolution (H.RES.106) declaring the mass killings of Armenians between 1915 and 1923 by the Ottoman Empire as genocide. Read more articles from the Washington Post on both situations on their Tensions Rise in Turkey site.

Read "Turkey Authorizes Military Operation in Iraq: Parliament Votes to Allow Strike Against Kurdish Separatist Rebels" from the Washington Post and "Turkish Parliament Approves Iraq Cross-Border Incursion" from FOX News. You might also want to read "Parliament authorizes cross-border operation against PKK" from the Turkish Daily News and "Turkish MPs back attacks in Iraq" from BBC News.

Want more information? Check out the library's guides on Turkey and Iraq.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Reducing School Violence Television Program

In light of all the recent school shootings, the Department of Education will air "Reducing School Violence: Keeping Children Safe and Ready to Learn" on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 from 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST. This program is part of Education News Parents Can Use, a monthly television show from the Department of Education. Find out when and where to watch from the Broadcast Information Center. Can't catch it tonight? You can watch the archived webcast tomorrow night on the Education News Parents Can Use website.

Read the press release, "Reducing School Violence Topic of Tuesday TV Show: TV Program to Spotlight Keeping Children Safe, Ready to Learn," from the Department of Education.

Check out these recent publications from the National Center for Education Statistics:
Want more information? Check out the library's guides on education and crime and justice. You might also want to check out the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, a research center at the University of Colorado.

Monday, October 15, 2007

Jackie Robinson: Breaking the Color Barrier

In honor of the Colorado Rockies quest for their first World Series title, we look back at one of baseball's greats. Jackie Robinson threw out the first ceremonial pitch in the second game of the World Series on this day in 1972. The game also commemorated the 25th anniversary of the breaking of the "color line." Robinson became the first African-American in the 20th century to play Major League Baseball. On April 15, 1947, Robinson played his rookie season for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie Robinson Day is celebrated every April 15th. In 2005, Robinson was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his contributions to civil rights and sports. Just nine days after the ceremonial pitch, on October 24, 1972, Robinson died of a heart attack.

For more information on Jackie Robinson and his career, check out "Baseball and Jackie Robinson" from the Library of Congress American Memory and his biography from the The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

Want more information? Check out the library's guides on Black History and Civil Rights.

Friday, October 12, 2007

Former President Al Gore Awarded 2007 Nobel Peace Prize

Former Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) were jointly awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize today for their work in promoting awareness and political action in global warming. The IPCC, a joint project of the United Nations Environment Program and the World Meteorological Organization, was founded in 1988 to assess global climate change. Gore won an Oscar for his 2006 documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. Gore will donate around half of his $1.5 million award to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a non-profit organization he chairs.

Read the Nobel Peace Prize announcement from the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Also check out the reaction to the announcement from the IPCC.

Read Gore, U.N. Body Win Nobel Peace Prize: Former Vice President Says Climate Change Is 'A Planetary Emergency' from the Washington Post and Gore, U.N. Panel Share 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for Climate-Change Efforts from FOX News.

Do you want more information on both sides of global warming predictions? Check out The Fact Checker: An Inconvenient Truth for Al Gore from the Washington Post. It includes links to lawsuits, studies and websites on both sides of the issue. It also includes a link to the homepage for The Great Global Warming Swindle, a documentary and answer to An Inconvenient Truth from Martin Durkin.

Want more information? Check out the library's guide on climate change.

GAO Releases this week

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week they investigated a variety of issues, such as housing, oil and railroads. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports
Testimonies
Correspondence
Presentation by the Comptroller General
  • "Keeping America Great: Doing Your Part," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, as part of the Presidential Lecture Series at the University of Montana, in Missoula, Montana. GAO-08-178CG, October 9. [text]
    http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08178cg.pdf
  • "Keeping America Great," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, at the University of Montana, in Missoula, Montana. GAO-08-179CG. October 9. [slides]
    http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08179cg.pdf
  • "America's Fiscal Future," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Society of Professional Journalists, in Washington. GAO-08-170CG, October 4.
    http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08170cg.pdf

Guidance

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Infant Cold Medicines Withdrawn from Market

The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), which represents the leading manufacturers of non-prescription cough and cold medicines, announced the voluntary withdrawal of all infant cold medicines in response to safety concerns. Next week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold a Joint Meeting of the Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee and the Pediatric Advisory Committee to review the safety of oral over-the-counter cold and cough medications for children and infants under the age of two.

Check out the press release from CHPA, "Makers of OTC Cough and Cold Medicines Announce Voluntary Withdrawal of Oral Infant Medicines." You might also want to look at CHPA's Over-the-Counter Safety website.

Read "14 Infant Cold Medicines Pulled Off Market" from the Washington Post and "Johnson & Johnson Recalls Infant Cold, Cough Products, Citing Overdose Dangers" from FOX News.

Want more on consumer information? Check out the library's guide.

Education funding worldwide

Those of us who work in the higher education system have heard a lot about the lack of funding from the government for higher education. Check out this report from the Colorado Department of Education if you want to see how the schools here stack up to their public counterparts in other states. But it turns out overall that the United States does the best at funding education in the world. According to the press release "its [the US] public education budget is close to that of all governments in the six regions combined: the Arab States, Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, South and West Asia and sub-Saharan Africa."

Want to read the report? You can view a pdf copy on the UNESCO web site.

Need more education resources? Check out the library's guide.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

This Day in History: Vice President Agnew Resigns

On October 10, 1973, Spiro Agnew became the first American Vice President to resign in disgrace. Accused of accepting bribes, Agnew pleaded no contest to federal income tax evasion in exchange for dropping the political corruption charges. His resignation triggered the first time the 25th Amendment was used to fill a vice presidential vacancy. Gerald Ford, the House Minority Leader, was appointed and confirmed as the 40th Vice President. On August 9, 1974 President Richard Nixon resigned as well. The Nixon-Agnew resignations mark the first time in history that both the president and his vice president resigned from office.

Check out Spiro Agnew's biography from the Senate Historical Office. Read more information on the 25th Amendment from the National Archives.

Want more information on the presidency? Check out the library's guide.

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Congressional Research Service brings us...

This week brings us Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports on food, trade and unemployment. CRS is a research agency of Congress and writes reports at Congress's request. These short reports (usually 10-40 pages long) cover recent topics of concern. While these reports are in the public domain there is no central database available to the public. To get a copy of a CRS report you can request it from your Senator or Representative. This list is compiled from CRS reports discovered by Secrecy News and OpenCRS:
Interested in historical CRS reports? If you are here at the Boulder campus, check out the LexisNexis Congressional database, which has reports back to 1916.

Not on campus, but still want access to additional reports? The library has a guide linking to various additional sources of CRS reports.

Monday, October 08, 2007

Poetry and the Government

I have been a documents librarian for a few years now and when someone asks me what do documents have to offer the average patron I say everything. We have historic art material from the Smithsonian, political upheaval from all the agencies, and even a little bit of poetry. Poetry you say? Yes, for all of you English majors out there you too can grow up to be a documents librarian (like me).

So in honor of government and the arts, check out this poem, "In the Library" by Charles Simic. We also have a few of those nice old volumes that creak and groan when you open them up. Looking for a whiff of old book smell? Go on down to the Norlin Basement and walk among the Serial Set volumes from the 1800s.

While I can't offer you up a web guide on government literature, why not check out some aerial photography?

Friday, October 05, 2007

GAO Releases this week

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week they investigated a variety of issues, such as housing, oil and railroads. If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.

Reports
Testimonies
Correspondence
Presentation by the Comptroller General
  • "Fiscal and Health Care Challenges," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before KPMG Partners' Meeting, in Arlington, Virginia. GAO-08-158CG, October 3.
    http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08158cg.pdf
  • "An Accountability Update from Washington," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before AICPA's peer review program conference, in Atlanta, Georgia. GAO-08-149CG, October 1. [slides]
    http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08149cg.pdf
  • "Fiscal Stewardship in the 21st Century," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Commerce Club, in Atlanta, Georgia. GAO-08-150CG, October 1. [slides]
    http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08150cg.pdf
  • "Saving Our Future Requires Tough Choices Today," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, on the Fiscal Wake-Up Tour at Georgia State University, in Atlanta, Georgia. GAO-08-151CG, October 1. [slides]
    http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08151cg.pdf
  • "Keep America Great: Doing Your Part," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, the Gortner Lecture at George Mason University, in Fairfax, Virginia. GAO-08-152CG, October 2. [text]
    http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d08152cg.pdf
  • "Saving Our Future Requires Tough Choices Today," by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, on the Fiscal Wake-Up Tour in Manchester, New Hampshire. GAO-07-1275CG, September 28.
    http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d071275cg.pdf

Guidance

Reposted Product

Thursday, October 04, 2007

50th Anniversary of Space Travel

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the space age. On October 4, 1957 the Soviet Union successfully launched an unmanned satellite, Sputnik 1, into orbit. It orbited the Earth for 23 days. Sputnik 2 was launched November 3, 1957 and carried the first living passenger into space on a one-way trip--Laika the dog. The launch began the space race between the USSR and the United States. Sputnik spurred the US government to increase spending on scientific research and education. The US successfully launched Explorer 1 on January 31, 1958 and created NASA in October 1958.

Check out NASA's sites on the anniversary:
You might also want to check out Space Race from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

Read "Sputnik 1" and "Russia celebrates Sputnik's 50th anniversary" from the Russian News and Information Agency, "Sputnik Hailed on Its 50th Anniversary" from the Washington Post, and "The Scientific Legacy of Sputnik" from FOX News (this site includes archived Movietone newsreels showing the launch of Sputnik).

Want more information? Check out the library's guides on Space and Russia.

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Blackwater and Private Military contractors

Yesterday the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing on "Private Security Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan." This is the hearing where the owner of Blackwater, Erik Prince, testified on his companies work in Iraq. The testimony and the documents discussed are all available at the hearing link, but the discussion was brought about in large part by a memo from Congressional staff on Blackwater activities in Iraq. If you want more history on the discussions (this is not the first hearing on this topic) of Congress in regards to Blackwater, check out the sidebar on the committee's home page.

The hearing did not discuss the September 19th incident which resulted in the deaths of sixteen citizens in Iraq, due to an ongoing investigation by the FBI. All you will find on this investigation is this really brief press release. There has been no reports from the State Department released yet, but if you want to read some of their responses to questioning, I recommend checking out the daily press briefings, which you can watch or read online.

Still want to read more? Check out the Washington Post's "Blackwater Chariman Defends His Company."

Need more resources on Iraq? Check out the library's guide.

From September 11th to Operation Iraqi Freedom

Want to know what you can find in the library on the September 11th attacks? Or maybe you are interested in terrorism resources or facts on Operation Iraqi Freedom. If you are here in Boulder stop by room E160 in the Norlin Library (across from the reference desk on the 1st floor) from 5:30 to 6:30pm.

A couple of us from here in Gov Pubs will be there to talk to you about these resources and hopefully introduce you to some new sources. The handout for the drop-in session is already available online.

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

From the Congressional Research Service

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a research agency of Congress and writes reports at Congress's request. These short reports (usually 10-40 pages long) cover recent topics of concern, this week gives us reports on AIDS, Ethanol and presidential signing statements. While these reports are in the public domain there is no central database available to the public. To get a copy of a CRS report you can request it from your Senator or Representative. This list is compiled from CRS reports discovered by Secrecy News and OpenCRS:
Interested in historical CRS reports? If you are here at the Boulder campus, check out the LexisNexis Congressional database, which has reports back to 1916.

Not on campus, but still want access to additional reports? The library has a guide linking to various additional sources of CRS reports.

Monday, October 01, 2007

Supreme Court Begins Term Today

The new term of the U.S. Supreme Court begins today. The Court's term begins on the first Monday in October. Some of the cases before the Court this term include:
  • Guantanamo Detainees: Court will determine whether detainees can use U.S. civil courts to challenge indefinite incarceration (Boumediene v. Bush, 06-1195, Al-Odah v. U.S., 06-1196).
  • Lethal Injections: Court will determine whether lethal injection violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment (Baze v. Rees, 07-5439).
  • Voter Photo ID: Court will determine whether laws requiring voters to show photo identification to vote violates the Constitution. (Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, 07-21, Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita, 07-25).
  • Presidential Power: Court will hear a separation of powers case where they will determine whether the president has the power to set aside a state law to abide by international treaty in the case of a convicted Mexican national (Medellin v. Texas, 06-984).
Check out all the cases the Supreme Court will hear this season.

Read "Supreme Court to Take On Contentious Cases in New Term" from the Washington Post and "Lethal Injection, Child Porn, Guantanamo Bay on New Docket for Supreme Court" from FOX News.

Want more information on the Supreme Court? Check out the library's guide.