Round-Up
William Schneider traces the relationship between President Bush and the Supreme Court’s conservative turn in his article on the Atlantic Monthly website.
Guest columnist to the Seattle Times, Robert S. Mahler offers this article on the conflict between the Supreme Court’s ruling in Rita v. United States, which President Bush supported, and the President’s decision to commute Scooter Libby’s prison sentence.
In an op-ed for the New York Times, here, Jack L. Goldsmith and Neal Katyal suggest that since the necessary Supreme Court precedent exists, Congress ought to establish a “comprehensive system of preventive detention” for terrorist suspects, which would include a new national security court. Meanwhile, in the LA Times, Brian T. Fitzpatrick has this op-ed on the Supreme Court’s reversal rate of decisions made by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and what should be done to lower the high numbers.
Giovanna Shay and Christopher Lasch had these comments concerning the proposed changes to the Supreme Court rules, in which they suggest that all pleadings in cases with counsel ought to be submitted online. Read other comments on the proposed revisions in Kevin’s June 6th post, here.
Tom Goldstein: you’re quoted at the end of Bill Schneider’s article, in which you indicate the only likely retirees are “on the left”. While I agree Stevens and Ginsburg are likely close to retirement, I thought Justice Thomas was on record as indicating he wasn’t interested in staying for life? Notably, Justice Scalia is 71, and has a big family. I think anyone predicting the next retiree (or, sadly, death) needs to consider Thomas and Scalia, too.
Comment by David.Huberman — July 11, 2007 @ 6:19 pm