Comments on: News Round-Up: Today’s Opinions

By: r.friedman

r.friedman — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:31:03 +0000

Re Trinity Church cite: I think it's clear that Stevens found it first; he would not have bothered to footnote it if Scalia's dissent already included so fulsome a reference as the released version. The concurrence is part of Stevens' campaign of piqueing Scalia over his decisional approach. Usually Scalia scores the meilleur mot, but this time it looks like Stevens drove him crazy.

roger friedman

By: Hans Bader

Hans Bader — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:29:34 +0000

The Watters v. Wachovia decision is good for national banks and their subsidiaries.

It will benefit consumers over time, as well.

Why this is so is explained in an amicus brief I and Competitive Enterprise Institute filed on behalf of seven prominent scholars who study credit regulation and financial services. The brief is available at:

http://www.cei.org/gencon/003,05589.cfm