Summary: This week the Court issued five opinions, dismissed an argued case as improvidently granted and granted certiorari to ten cases. Among the decisions issued this week were some of the most controversial of the term. In this episode we review the following cases: Miller v. Alabama, wherein the Supreme Court decided that the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment prevents the application of mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole to juveniles. Arizona v. United States, wherein the Court determines whether an Arizona law that seeks to better enforce federal immigration laws in Arizona by enacting its own enforcement regime violated the supremacy clause by encroaching upon an area of the law in which the federal government is thought to have exclusive authority to legislate. United States v. Alvarez, wherein the Court considers the Stolen Valor Act, a federal statute that makes it a crime to lie about having received military medals of honor, including the Congressional Medal of Honor - the Court determines whether the Act constitutes an unconstitutional intrusion upon Free Speech. OPINIONS (click to download) Arizona v. United States (11-182) Miller v. Alabama (10-9646) American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock (11-1179) National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (11-393) United States v. Alvarez (11-210) DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED First American Financial Corp. v. Edwards (10-708)
