http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/blog-round-up-monday-october-31st/ The Supreme Court of the United States blog Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:56:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/blog-round-up-monday-october-31st/comment-page-1/#comment-8244 Karen A. Wyle Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:18:33 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/blog-round-up-monday-october-31st/#comment-8244 At http://looking-around.blogspot.com/2005/10/interesting-theory-implicit-in-alitos.html, I raise a question to which I'd love informed answers: when interpreting language in a USSC opinion, is it appropriate to consult numerous other opinions by that opinion's author, including dissenting opinions -- as opposed to subsequent USSC majority or plurality opinions? That's what Judge Alito appears to do in his Casey v. Planned Parenthood dissent: he tracks Justice O'Connor's use of the phrase "undue burden" through various opinions. I'd especially appreciate answers to this in Comments on my original post.... At http://looking-around.blogspot.com/2005/10/interesting-theory-implicit-in-alitos.html, I raise a question to which I’d love informed answers: when interpreting language in a USSC opinion, is it appropriate to consult numerous other opinions by that opinion’s author, including dissenting opinions — as opposed to subsequent USSC majority or plurality opinions? That’s what Judge Alito appears to do in his Casey v. Planned Parenthood dissent: he tracks Justice O’Connor’s use of the phrase “undue burden” through various opinions. I’d especially appreciate answers to this in Comments on my original post….

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