This annual report highlights significant environmental developments and milestones in the United States and worldwide.

Does the Constitution's Compact Clause still have independent force and meaning?

The Supreme Court's 2008-2009 term brought modest progress on civil rights, a personnel change that is unlikely to alter the Court's balance, and massive confusion and backpedaling on "business cases."

The issue of hurricanes and climate change--a linkage not established in current climate science--distracts from the most significant environmental lessons of the Katrina disaster.