 January 10 - Law/Judiciary: More Funds Sought for Immigration Law, Prisons |
| January 10 - Rep. Biaggi Under Investigation in New York |
| January 17 - Court Upholds State Pregnancy Leave Law |
| January 17 - Pocket-Veto Case Declared Moot |
| January 24 - Court Rules on Clean Water, Voting Rights |
| January 24 - Hastings Responds to Charges |
| January 24 - Police, NRA Brace for Rematch on Gun Control |
| January 31 - Conflicts Loom Between Counsel, Probers Over Granting of Immunity to Witnesses |
| January 31 - High Court Holds the Line on Miranda Rule |
| January 31 - New 'Moment-of-Silence' Test Set |
| January 31 - New Judicial Impeachment Proceedings Likely |
| February 7 - Biden on Civil Rights: Slow Start, Strong Finish |
| February 7 - House Panel to Review Draft Sentencing Guidelines |
| February 7 - Joe Biden's Record Depends on Who Plays It |
| February 7 - Special Counsel Named in Nofziger Probe |
| February 14 - Congress Watching Closely: Immigration Law, Terrorism Make for Tough Times at INS |
| February 14 - Justices to Hear Arguments On Key Obscenity Question |
| February 14 - Leahy Vows Close Scrutiny of Judicial Nominees |
| February 14 - Obscenity Cases: A Fragmented Court |
| February 21 - Controversy Over Death Penalty: Sentencing Group Challenged On Its Makeup and Mandate |
| February 21 - Fair Housing, Grove City Legislation Introduced |
| February 28 - Also Rules on Indian Bingo, Other Issues: High Court Again Upholds Affirmative Action Quotas |
| March 7 - Use Medical Judgment, Not 'Myths,' Court Says: Law Protecting Handicapped Applied to Victims of Disease |
| March 14 - Deaver, North Suits Dismissed: Special Prosecutor Law Wins Round One |
| March 14 - Panel Seeks to Block Employee Drug Testing |
| March 14 - Ruling Could Aid Salvadorans, Nicaraguans: Supreme Court Makes It Easier For Aliens to Win U.S. Asylum |
| March 14 - Sentencing Commission Sets No Death Penalty |
| March 21 - Immigration Fee Proposal Sparks Protests |
| March 21 - The Second Case in a Year: Congress Asked to Consider Impeachment of U.S. Judge |
| March 28 - A Major Victory for Women, Blacks: High Court Decisively Answers Affirmative Action Questions |
| March 28 - Deaver Arraigned, Pleads Innocent |
| March 28 - Some Laws Survive Loss of Legislative Veto |
| April 4 - But Agrees Public Employees Have Privacy Rights: Court Divided on Searches Of Government Employees |
| April 4 - Funding OK'd for Hastings Impeachment Inquiry |
| April 4 - Senate Passes Bill to Aid Homeless Veterans |
| April 11 - Panels OK Justice Department Authorization |
| April 11 - Ruling Could Spur Settlement: Court Declines to Intervene In Texaco-Pennzoil Dispute |
| April 18 - ...For Two in Congress, Thousands Outside A Long Wait for Justice May Be Ending... |
| April 18 - Arguments Set on 1984 Drinking-Age Law |
| April 18 - Japanese-Americans Seek Redress From Court |
| April 18 - Panel Seeks Time to Test Sentence Guidelines |
| April 25 - Deaver Seeks Dismissal of Indictment |
| April 25 - State Anti-Takeover Laws Upheld: Court Upholds Death Penalty Against Last Major Challenge |
| May 2 - El Salvador: Anatomy of a Change of Heart |
| May 2 - Immigration Law Brings Anxiety, Ambiguity |
| May 2 - Panel OKs Antitrust Review of Partnership Mergers |
| May 2 - Protections for Retirees in Bankruptcies Cleared |
| May 2 - Victory for Reagan Administration: Justice Department Upheld On Labeling of Canadian Films |
| May 9 - Are Men-Only Clubs Inappropriate for Judges? |
| May 9 - Inquiry Begins on Meese's Role in Wedtech |
| May 9 - Obscenity Standard Clarified in Second Case: High Court Says Rotary Clubs Not Entitled to Exclude Women |
| May 16 - Denies Any Wrongdoing: Meese Asks Special Prosecutor To Examine Ties to Wedtech |
| May 23 - But Court Rebuffs Suits by Military Personnel: Ruling on Old Civil Rights Law A Victory for Ethnic Groups |
| May 23 - Criminal Penalties for Airline Violations |
| May 23 - Hastings Counsel Appointed |
| May 23 - Malpractice Suits by Military Personnel |
| May 23 - More Time to Study Mergers: Senate Panel Approves Antitrust Measures |
| May 23 - Overturning Supreme Court: Bill to Revive Anti-Bias Laws OK'd by Senate Labor Panel |
| May 23 - Reagan Administration Objects: Civil Rights Groups Push Hard For Stronger Fair-Housing Law |
| May 23 - Reynolds' Promotion Angers Senate Democrats |
| May 30 - Deaver Trial Postponed |
| May 30 - Major Impact Expected in States: Preventive-Detention Statute Is Upheld as Constitutional |
| May 30 - Major Provisions, 1987 Supplemental Funding Bill |
| June 6 - Congress Wants to Keep Special Prosecutor Law |
| June 6 - North Again Challenges Prosecutor Law |
| June 6 - Other Rulings on Severance Pay, Drug Testing: Japanese-American Claims Face More Rounds in Court |
| June 13 - But Floor Action Unlikely: Panel Approves Authorization Of Legal Services Corporation |
| June 13 - Commerce, Justice, State and Others: House Appropriations Panels Start Doling Out FY '88 Funds |
| June 13 - Zoning Compensation, Other Cases Also Resolved: Court Upholds Regulation On Disability Benefit Claims |
| June 20 - Agreement May Be Near on Sanctions |
| June 20 - Also Invalidates Curbs on Free Speech: Supreme Court Strikes Down 'Creation-Science' Statute |
| June 20 - As Delivered June 15: Text of President's Address On Venice Summit, Economy |
| June 20 - Bill to Grant Extended Stays Advances |
| June 20 - Deaver Loses Bid to Block Perjury Trial |
| June 20 - Fingers Pointed as Immigration Problems Grow |
| June 20 - Reagan Administration Opposed: Panel Moves to Make Amends For World War II Internments |
| June 20 - Reagan Veto Threatened: Panel Approves Extension of Prosecutor Law |
| June 27 - Administration Strongly Opposed: Panel OKs Modified Version Of Prosecutor-Law Extension |
| June 27 - Called 'Woefully Inadequate': Panel OKs Commerce, Justice, State Funding |
| June 27 - Commerce, Justice, State Funding (chart) |
| June 27 - Compromise on Immigration Rules |
| June 27 - More Than Two Dozen Decisions Announced: High Court Completes Term, Upholds Drinking-Age Law |
| June 27 - Powell's Retirement Gives Reagan Key to Court |
| June 27 - Senate Panel Approves Fair-Housing Measure |
| June 27 - Veto Message on Codifying Fairness Doctrine -- June 19, 1987 |
| July 4 - Across-the-Board Cut Approved: House Votes $13.8 Billion Bill For Commerce, Justice, State |
| July 4 - Antonin Scalia: Just What Reagan Wanted |
| July 4 - Bill to Speed Citizenship Processing OK'd |
| July 4 - Commerce, Justice, State Funding (chart) |
| July 4 - Court Dismisses Challenge to Congress' Pay Raise |
| July 4 - INS Eases Rules for Foreign Workers |
| July 4 - Major Provisions of Supplemental Funding Bill |
| July 4 - Much at Stake as Senate Gets Ready for Bork |
| July 4 - On Church-State, Abortion, Civil Rights: Divided High Court Awaits New Direction |
| July 4 - Panel Votes for Hold on Salvador Deportations |
| July 11 - Conservatives Buoyed: Polarized Senate Prepares For September Hearings on Bork |
| July 11 - DeConcini, Heflin, Specter Hold Key... ...To Judiciary Committee Vote on Bork |
| July 11 - How They Voted on Key Reagan Nominees (chart) |
| July 11 - Meese Testifies on His Wedtech Connection |
| July 11 - Senate Judiciary Moving to Help Salvadorans |
| July 18 - Nofziger Indicted; Deaver Trial Delayed |
| July 18 - Panel Votes to Protect Salvadoreans, Nicaraguans |
| July 25 - Biden, Dole Raise Curtain on Bork Debate |
| July 25 - Reagan Nominates New FBI Chief |
| August 1 - Biden and Dole Exchange More Fire Over Bork |
| August 1 - FBI Nomination |
| August 1 - House Passes Bill Suspending Deportations |
| August 1 - Judge Orders Revenue-Sharing Funds Released |
| August 1 - Senate Passes Retirement Bill |
| August 8 - Bipartisan Compromise: Panel Approves Bill to Help Fight Price Fixing |
| August 8 - Preparing for Hearings: Homework for the Recess: Studying the Bork Record |
| August 8 - Senate Passes Justice Department Authorization |
| August 8 - Senate Passes Package of Three Antitrust Bills |
| August 15 - Both Sides Gear Up for Fight on Bork |
| August 15 - LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY: Law/Judiciary |
| September 5 - Business Targets Aim Back at Racketeering Law |
| September 5 - Special Prosecutor Law Challenged |
| September 12 - Bork's Views: Interpreting the Constitution |
| September 12 - Controversial Nominees Can Be 'Surprise Judges' |
| September 12 - For Robert Bork, the Real Test Begins Now |
| September 12 - Reagan's Judiciary: More Than 300 Appointees Make a Big Difference |
| September 12 - Senate Judiciary Embraces Nominee: Swift Confirmation Predicted For Sessions as FBI Director |
| September 12 - The Judiciary Committee: Balance of Power Rests With Three Undecided Senators |
| September 12 - The Supreme Court: How Much Difference Would Justice Bork Make? |
| September 12 - Tom Korologos: Veteran Lobbyist Steps Into Another Nomination Fray |
| September 12 - When Senate Rejects Court Nominees... ...Root Cause Is Most Often Raw Politics |
| September 12 - Where Bork Stands: Nominee's Judicial Record Has More Than One Side |
| September 19 - Apology and Payments to Japanese-Americans: House Votes to Make Amends For World War II Internment |
| September 19 - Being Undecided Means Never Having to Eat Alone |
| September 19 - Bork's Grade Uncertain After Four-Day Seminar |
| September 19 - Court Challenges Are Pending: Renewal of Prosecutor Law Approved by House Judiciary |
| September 19 - Senate Panel OKs Sessions for FBI |
| September 19 - Supreme Court Nominee's Record Examined: Bork Faces Tough Questions On Privacy and Equal Rights |
| September 19 - Tell-All Strategy Makes for Remarkable Hearings |
| September 26 - Byrd Torn By Competing Priorities and Pressures |
| September 26 - Committee Hears From Bork Supporters and Opponents: Bork Wraps Up His Testimony, Followed by Critics, Admirers |
| September 26 - Panel Votes to Delay Sentencing Guidelines |
| September 26 - Refugee Amendment Added by Hatfield: Senate Panel OKs Funding Bill For Commerce, Justice, State |
| September 26 - Screws Tightened as Bork Decision Approaches |
| September 26 - Senate Confirms Sessions to Head FBI |
| September 26 - Uncertainty on the Bench: Supreme Court Term Hinges on Vacant Chair |
| October 3 - A Federal Offense: Church Vandalism |
| October 3 - Bork Hearings Limp to an Inconclusive End |
| October 3 - House Judiciary Votes to Compensate Aleuts |
| October 3 - Implementation Postponed Until August 1988: House Committee OKs Delay In U.S. Sentencing Guidelines |
| October 3 - Panel OKs Release of Hastings Report |
| October 3 - PUBLIC LAWS (Previous Public Laws, Weekly Report p. 2144) |
| October 3 - Sanford, Specter Statements: Senators Announce Their Opposition to Bork |
| October 3 - White House in Desperate Struggle to Save Bork |
| October 10 - Angry, Defiant Bork Insists on Senate Debate |
| October 10 - Announced and Unannounced |
| October 10 - Bill Would Outlaw Religious Violence |
| October 10 - Court Won't Hear Deaver Appeal Now |
| October 10 - House Rejects Delay in Sentencing Guidelines |
| October 10 - Impeachment Inquiry Going Forward: Report Calling for Hastings' Ouster Released |
| October 17 - $14.3 Billion Appropriated: Commerce, Justice, State Funding Approved |
| October 17 - Bill to Combat Price Fixing Advances |
| October 17 - Bork Calls For Senate Vote on Nomination |
| October 17 - Commerce, Justice, State Funding (chart) |
| October 17 - House Passes Bill to Protect Retirees' Benefits |
| October 17 - Reagan Asks for Public Help To Get Senate to Confirm Bork |
| October 17 - Senate Warms Up for 'Divisive' Bork Debate |
| October 17 - Senators Conscientious, Not Vindictive: Sanford Responds to President's Address |
| October 24 - Bill Seeks Statistics on 'Hate Crimes' |
| October 24 - Court Limits Reagan's Power to Bar Foreigners |
| October 24 - House Panel Votes to Stiffen Price-Fixing Law |
| October 24 - House Votes to Renew Special-Prosecutor Law |
| October 24 - Keeping Tabs on Lobbying Over Future Justices |
| October 24 - Senate Debates, Then Dispatches Bork, 42-58 |
| October 24 - Vote on Bork (chart) |
| October 31 - Ginsburg Nomination May Be Test for Senate |
| October 31 - Immigration 'Gamble' Seems to Be Paying Off |
| November 7 - Ginsburg Hurt Badly by Marijuana Admission |
| November 7 - Semiconductor-Chip Bill Clears |
| November 7 - Senate Moves to Guarantee Retiree Benefits |
| November 7 - Senate Votes to Extend Special-Prosecutor Law |
| November 14 - Cautious Senate Wants to Like Judge Kennedy |
| November 14 - Court Says IRS Can Resist FOIA Requests |
| November 14 - Court to Rule on 1981 'Chastity Act' |
| November 14 - Ginsburg: Out of the Running |
| November 14 - House Passes Bill to Help Fight Price Fixing |
| November 14 - Major Decisions of Judge Anthony Kennedy |
| November 14 - Reagan Nominates Kennedy to Fill Court Seat |
| November 14 - Reagan Seeks Crackdown on Child Pornography |
| November 21 - Kennedy Confirmation Hearings to Start Dec. 14 |
| November 21 - Ruling Leaves 'Insider Trading' Undefined |
| November 28 - Sentencing Guidelines Challenged in Court |
| December 5 - Bill to Let Court Ignore Cases Approved |
| December 5 - Bill Would Reverse Mail-Fraud Ruling |
| December 5 - Congress Not Expected to Respond: Court Limits Citizen Suits Under Clean Water Act |
| December 5 - House Clears Special-Prosecutor Bill |
| December 5 - Kennedy Finds Bork an Easy Act to Follow |
| December 5 - Senate Panel OKs Step to Curb TV Violence |
| December 12 - Judge Kennedy Gets Top ABA Rating |
| December 12 - Unlikely Duo Teams Up on 'Plastic-Gun' Bill |
| December 19 - A Constitutional Challenge: Balky Reagan Signs Extension Of Independent-Counsel Law |
| December 19 - Court Evenly Divided on Abortion Case |
| December 19 - Hearing Excerpts: Kennedy on the Issues |
| December 19 - Kennedy Hearings Indicate Easy Confirmation |
| December 26 - Bill Would Change Appeals Procedure |
| December 26 - Meese Associates Indicted for Fraud, Conspiracy |
| December 26 - The 100th Congress: Law/Judiciary |
