http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec02/bkgdcourt_8-23.html
Just scanned the posts, not sure if this info helps the discussion or not.
From that link:
"PHILIP SHENON: The cases in which the court was clearly upset involved principally incident that happened during the Clinton Administration."
Was it an accidental typo that left off the "s" in the word incident?