Blog Round-Up – Sunday, October 23rd

Concurring Opinions has this post on “How to Develop a Supreme Court Practice.” The post cites to this article by Tony Mauro comparing the Supreme Court practice of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr with that of Jones Day.

The Volokh Conspiracy has this lengthy analysis on the politics of the Miers confirmation. The blog also has this post on the likelihood of the Court granting cert in Musladin v. Lamarque. In that case, the Ninth Circuit granted federal habeas relief to a murder defendant on the ground that the victim’s family wore buttons with pictures of the deceased during the trial.

Here Sentencing Law & Policy rounds-up recent Supreme Court related sentencing developments.

Here Professor Bainbridge comments extensively on this column by George Will against the Miers nomination.

On Balkinization Marty Lederman has this post on Miers an affirmative action. He discusses how one could explain how personal support of affirmative action and a conservative judicial philosophy mesh.

Liberty has this article on Chief Justice Rehnquist’s legacy positing that, “The Chief Justice rests in piece. His legacy rests in pieces.”