Rodney A. Smolla is Allen Professor of Law at the School of Law, University of Richmond. His books include Suing the Press, Law of Defamation, Jerry Falwell v. Larry Flynt, Free Speech in an Open Society, Smolla and Nimmer on Freedom of Speech, and Federal Civil Rights Acts.

"An enlightening series of journalistic snapshots of the Supreme Court by those who portray it best-reporters who have made a specialty of covering the nation’s highest Court."-Fred Graham, Chief Anchor and Managing Editor, Court TV You don’t have to be a lawyer or a Supreme Court junkie to enjoy this book: it is as good a description-for a general audience as well as a legally trained one-of the real people and cases that come before the Supreme Court as we have ever had. This book is a joy to read."-Floyd Abrams, Constitutional attorney

• Acknowledgment ix1. Introduction, Personality and Process / Rodney A. Smolla 12. A Case of Old Age / Paul Barrett 313. The Defining Moments of Jayne Bray and Justice Blackmun / Lyle Denniston 614. A Search on the Street / Richard Carelli 995. The Intepreter and the Establishment Clause / Aaron Epstein 1236. A Question of Innocence / Marcia Coyle 1417. Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, and the First Amendment / David Savage 1778. Civil Rights and Higher Education / Kay Kindred 2059. A Claim of Sexual Harassment / Stephen Wermiel 23110. The Supreme Court and the Cult of Secrecy / Tony Mauro 257Appendix: Justices of the Supreme Court, 1992-93 281Biographies of the Contributors 283Table of Cases 287Index 291

Rodney A. Smolla is Allen Professor of Law at the School of Law, University of Richmond. His books include Suing the Press, Law of Defamation, Jerry Falwell v. Larry Flynt, Free Speech in an Open Society, Smolla and Nimmer on Freedom of Speech, and Federal Civil Rights Acts.

"An enlightening series of journalistic snapshots of the Supreme Court by those who portray it best-reporters who have made a specialty of covering the nation’s highest Court."-Fred Graham, Chief Anchor and Managing Editor, Court TV You don’t have to be a lawyer or a Supreme Court junkie to enjoy this book: it is as good a description-for a general audience as well as a legally trained one-of the real people and cases that come before the Supreme Court as we have ever had. This book is a joy to read."-Floyd Abrams, Constitutional attorney

• Acknowledgment ix1. Introduction, Personality and Process / Rodney A. Smolla 12. A Case of Old Age / Paul Barrett 313. The Defining Moments of Jayne Bray and Justice Blackmun / Lyle Denniston 614. A Search on the Street / Richard Carelli 995. The Intepreter and the Establishment Clause / Aaron Epstein 1236. A Question of Innocence / Marcia Coyle 1417. Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, and the First Amendment / David Savage 1778. Civil Rights and Higher Education / Kay Kindred 2059. A Claim of Sexual Harassment / Stephen Wermiel 23110. The Supreme Court and the Cult of Secrecy / Tony Mauro 257Appendix: Justices of the Supreme Court, 1992-93 281Biographies of the Contributors 283Table of Cases 287Index 291

Rodney A. Smolla is Allen Professor of Law at the School of Law, University of Richmond. His books include Suing the Press, Law of Defamation, Jerry Falwell v. Larry Flynt, Free Speech in an Open Society, Smolla and Nimmer on Freedom of Speech, and Federal Civil Rights Acts.

"An enlightening series of journalistic snapshots of the Supreme Court by those who portray it best-reporters who have made a specialty of covering the nation’s highest Court."-Fred Graham, Chief Anchor and Managing Editor, Court TV You don’t have to be a lawyer or a Supreme Court junkie to enjoy this book: it is as good a description-for a general audience as well as a legally trained one-of the real people and cases that come before the Supreme Court as we have ever had. This book is a joy to read."-Floyd Abrams, Constitutional attorney

• Acknowledgment ix1. Introduction, Personality and Process / Rodney A. Smolla 12. A Case of Old Age / Paul Barrett 313. The Defining Moments of Jayne Bray and Justice Blackmun / Lyle Denniston 614. A Search on the Street / Richard Carelli 995. The Intepreter and the Establishment Clause / Aaron Epstein 1236. A Question of Innocence / Marcia Coyle 1417. Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, and the First Amendment / David Savage 1778. Civil Rights and Higher Education / Kay Kindred 2059. A Claim of Sexual Harassment / Stephen Wermiel 23110. The Supreme Court and the Cult of Secrecy / Tony Mauro 257Appendix: Justices of the Supreme Court, 1992-93 281Biographies of the Contributors 283Table of Cases 287Index 291