Today’s News – Thursday, Feb. 24, 2005

News on the Court’s opinion, issued yesterday, in No. 03-636, Johnson v. California:
Joan Biskupic of USAToday;
Bob Egelko of the San Francisco Chronicle;
Linda Greenhouse of The New York Times;
Charles Lane of The Washington Post;
Tony Mauro of Legal Times;
Michael McGough of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette;
David Savage and Paige Austin on NPR’s Legal Affairs;
David G. Savage and Jenifer Warren of The L.A. Times; and
the AP’s Hope Yen in The Boston Globe.

Marci Hamilton has this essay on findlaw.com discussing the oral argument in Kelo v. New London.

Marya Lucas of Legal Times has this article on some of the cases the Justices will consider at this Friday’s conference, including specifically Roche v. Lincoln Property Co.

Doug Berman has this post commenting on a possible theme of the Rehnquist Court.