Thursday round-up
Reactions to Tuesday’s grants and discussion of the upcoming Term; Senator Leahy’s proposal to allow retired Justices to fill in when active Justices are recused.
September 2010 Archive
Showing 1–50 of 57 items published in September 2010, most recent first.
Argument preview: The Court considers the Confrontation Clause again
On Tuesday, the Court will hear arguments regarding whether a statement by a dying victim was made during an “ongoing emergency” and thus can be admitted without violating the defendant’s rights under the Confrontation Clause.
Shaping America podcast with Ed Mannino
SCOTUSblog interviews Ed Mannino, author of Shaping America: The Supreme Court and American Society.
Chief rejects candidate plea
A Virginia “Tea Party” candidate is denied an order to have state officials count all of his nominating petition signatures. The rejected signatures were witnessed by Lux himself, who could not do so under Virginia law in the congressional district where he wants to run.
SCOTUSblog event: Live-chat with authors of new Brennan biography
On October 7, Stephen Wermiel and Seth Stern, authors of Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion, will be answering readers questions in a live forum on SCOTUSblog.
Detainees’ rights — the next round starts
Two years-plus after the Supreme Court told federal judges to work out the details of the legal rights of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, the decisions that resulted are beginning to reach the Court. The first petition is by a familiar figure, Fawzi Al-Odah, a Kuwaiti national.
Wednesday round-up
The Court agrees to hear fourteen new cases and changes its policy on releasing audio recordings of oral arguments.
Live-blog: Orders | 9.28.10
Live coverage of cert. grants and additional orders from the Court’s “long Conference.”
A review of “state secrets”
The Court, in first orders, grants 14 cases, including a new look at the government’s power to invoke the “state secrets” doctrine to withhold information, a new look at an emotional fight over a Texas tycoon’s mammoth estate, and a major controversy over crime lab evidence. New Justice Kagan is recused from four of the new cases.
Tuesday round-up
Court issues grants from yesterday’s “Long Conference”; reporters, commentators discuss influence of pending petitions and past cases
New policy on tapes release
The Court will release the audiotape recordings of all of the arguments at the end of each argument week. This will be a much faster release than under the prior policy, when they were generally not available for months.
Kagan investiture plans
New Justice Elena Kagan will publicly join the Court at an invitation-only ceremony this coming Friday.
Monday round-up
Justice Kagan’s first conference; legal responses to Graham and Skilling.
Disagreement over argument time
The Court is weighing a disagreement among the parties on who will get time to appear during oral argument in the two Arizona tuition tax-credit cases that the Justices will hear on Nov. 3. One scenario would exclude from the podium one of the groups whose appeal was granted.
Scalia blocks tobacco ruling
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Friday evening put on hold a Louisiana state court ruling that would require major tobacco companies to start paying into a $241.5 million fund to finance programs to help smokers stop using cigarettes.
End-of-the-week round-up
The fall-out from Citizens United continues in the Senate; and the public’s view of the Court’s importance.
This week at the Court
Significant dates in the coming weeks.
Roberts weighs election plea
For the first time since “Tea Party” candidates began making waves in this year’s congressional election campaign, a case has reached the Supreme Court to test the rights of such independent candidates.
Thursday round-up
Chemerinsky and Starr join forces against preemption; speculation that the Court will hear “innocent infringer” case; reactions to Scalia’s remarks on sex discrimination and the Fourteenth Amendment.
Ask the Author: Before Roe v. Wade
SCOTUSblog interviews Linda Greenhouse and Reva Siegel about their new book, Before Roe v. Wade: Voices that Shaped the Abortion Debate Before the Supreme Court’s Ruling.
Another big class-action test
The long-running controversy over consumers’ complaints pursued through large class-action lawsuits is building anew in the Supreme Court as the new Term dawns.
Wednesday round-up
No stay of execution for Virginia inmate Teresa Lewis; Justice Ginsburg and the new Term’s big cases in the new issue of the ABA Journal.
Academic round-up
Academics address the scope of First Amendment protection for protesters at military funerals in advance of the upcoming oral argument in Snyder v. Phelps.
Tuesday round-up
Coverage of recent developments in the Burris case; ACSblog on access to courts after Iqbal and Twombly.
This week at the Court
Significant dates in the coming weeks.
Monday round-up
Justice Scalia on the Equal Protection Clause; Jeffrey Toobin on Justice Breyer; and Louisville schools after Parents Involved.
Burris plea denied
UPDATE 4:47 p.m. Monday Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer on Monday afternoon refused to block lower court rulings that set up a special election for the Illinois Senate seat formerly held by President Obama.
State resists Sen. Burris’s plea
Governor says time is too short to alter the special election for the Senate seat Obama formerly held.
Prop 8 backers defend appeal
Supporters of California’s ban on same-sex marriage argue their appeal should go forward, or the entire case should be thrown out of court, with no ruling left on the books on the ban’s constitutionality. (This post has been updated.)
Friday round-up
More discussion of Justice Breyer’s book tour, coverage of post-Stevens animal cruelty legislation, and President Obama’s remarks on Citizens United.
Response requested in Burris case
Brief opposing stay is due next week
Thursday round-up
Specter on cameras at the Court.
New invitation brief
Government recommends that the Court deny certiorari in Simmons v. Galvin.
Wednesday round-up
Discussion and analysis of Justice Breyer, Qu’ran burning, and the First Amendment
Reminder: Supreme Court OT10 previews
A reminder of upcoming events addressing the coming Term, as well as a few new additions to the schedule.
Tuesday round-up
Justice Breyer comments on public perception, politics
Monday round-up
Nina Totenberg previews Justice Breyer’s new book; Justice Kagan recuses from ten more cases.
Another look at detainees’ plea
Is en banc hearing request in “Kiyemba II” only a prelude to a Supreme Court appeal? Government sees effort as doomed.
This week at the Court
Significant dates in the coming weeks.
Friday round-up
Third Circuit immigration dispute is likely headed to the Court; the Justices speak at law schools.
Special-edition round-up: Supreme Court OT10 previews
Law schools and organizations host events to bring Court-watchers up to speed on what is in store for the coming Term.
Burris seeks ballot spot
Federal judge fills the ballot for a temporary Senate replacement, and the senator holding that place now is not on it.
“Rendition” challenge scuttled
Circuit Court, citing “state secrets,” dismisses detainees’ claims that CIA transported them to “black sites” for interrogation and torture.
Major fight on airborne pollution
The state of North Carolina is pressing the Fourth Circuit Court to reconsider a ruling overturning a mandate for pollution controls on out-of-state power plants.
Thursday round-up
O’Connor speaks on judicial elections; Scalia speaks on teaching and learning law; more discussion of Supreme Court law clerk hiring.
Kiyemba left intact
Full D.C. Circuit court refuses to reconsider one of its sweeping rulings curbing federal judges’ power to monitor the fate of Guantanamo Bay detainees; two judges dissent.
Wednesday round-up
A study of the Justices’ hiring practices garners responses; O’Connor to speak on judicial elections.
The beginning of the Term in Plain English
Back from vacations and speaking engagements, the Justices will welcome their new colleague and prepare for the long Conference, during which they will discuss the cert. petitions – as many as two thousand – that came in over the summer.
Academic round-up
Academics respond to Citizens United v. FEC with suggestions for future reforms consistent with the constitutional protection for corporate campaign spending.
Tuesday round-up
The fall-out from the Court’s decisions in the “honest services” cases continues, and the New York Times examines the Justices’ hiring practices.
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