The Week Ahead
| Sunday, February 10th, 2008 12:01 am
No oral arguments are scheduled and no non-capital orders are expected to be issued from the Court this week. If any orders are issued in pending cases, we will post them promptly. The Justices are scheduled to hold a private conference on Friday, orders from which could be released the same day and the following [...]
March arguments, day by day
| Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 10:49 am
The Supreme Court, releasing Tuesday its calendar of oral argument for the session beginning March 17, set Tuesday, March 18, as the day for oral argument in the Second Amendment case — a test of what the Constitution means when it guarantesd a “right to keep and bear arms.” The argument is the only one [...]
The Week Ahead
| Sunday, January 13th, 2008 12:00 pm
On Monday, the Court is scheduled to hear argument in Virginia v. Moore (06-1082), asking whether prosecutors may introduce evidence seized during an arrest made in violation of state law, and in Preston v. Ferrer (06-1463), asking whether the Federal Arbitration Act and Buckeye Check Cashing v. Cardegna (2006) preempt the voiding of an interstate [...]
Today’s Orders
| Monday, December 3rd, 2007 10:11 am
A copy of today’s orders – including grants of certiorari in Republic of the Philippines, et al. v. Pimentel, et al. (06-1204), United States v. Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company (07-308) and Rothgery v. Gillespie County (Tex.) (07-440) – is now available here. To read the lower court opinions and all available certiorari-stage filings in the [...]
Court to rule on right to lawyer
| Monday, December 3rd, 2007 10:09 am
UPDATED 11:48 a.m. The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to further clarify when a suspect taken into custody by police has a right to a lawyer. The question is whether that right sets in when an individual has been taken before a magistrate, who finds reason to believe a crime has been committed and sends the [...]
Petitions to Watch | Conference of 11.30.07
| Thursday, November 15th, 2007 12:05 pm
The latest edition of “Petitions to Watch” features cases up for consideration at the Justices’ private conference of November 30. As always, the list reflects the petitions on the Court’s "paid’ docket that Tom has deemed to have a reasonable chance of being granted. Conference of November 30, 2007 __________________ Docket: 06-1204 Case name: Republic [...]
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