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Blog Round-up – Wednesday, November 9th

In non-nomination news:

Here is the Volokh Conspiracy on Georgia v. Randolph, the Fourth Amendment case heard yesterday by the Court. The Volokh Conspiracy also has this post on a new First Amendment R.A.V.-based Case that may be on its way to the Supreme Court.
ACSBlog has this post, following up on this article, by Tony Mauro on Jay Sekulow’s finances. The piece takes a searching look at Sekulow’s work as a leading Supreme Court litigator on behalf of politically conservative religious causes.
Professor Bainbridge has this post on Justice Scalia’s book review of Steven Smith’s book, Law’s Quandry.
The New York Observer has this article on the next generation of Robertses and Alitos.

In nomination news:

Here is Judge Alito’s senior thesis on the Italian Constitutional Court.
Sentencing Law & Policy has this post on “New insights on Alito and the post-Booker world.”
On a lighter note, Underneath Their Robes has this post on recent sightings of Judge Alito.
Crescent Scentia has a series of posts on Judge Alito’s dissenting opinion in Doe v. Groody, a Fourth Amendment case. The first one can be found here.