Blog Round-Up – Tuesday, January 10th

In nomination news:

On Balkinization, Robert Gordon lays out the “Basic Case Against Alito.”

Here Sentencing Law & Policy suggests two questions Alito should be asked.

On Slate, here is Dahlia Lithwick on “Why Alito needs to talk to us about the war on terror.”

Here is TaxProf Blog wtih a comprehensive analysis of all of Alito’s tax-related opinions.

Dave Hoffman of Concurring Opinions gives us this post on Alito and the Rule of Law.

In the National Journal here is an article by Stuart Taylor titled, “The Case of Alito vs. O’Connor.”

In non-nomination news:

Here PrawfsBlawg comments on this article by Jason Solomon and Brandon Garrett from UVA Law School on House v. Bell and Holmes v. South Carolina, two criminal cases pending before the Supreme Court. The article is titled, “Judging Innocence.”

The Bankruptcy Litigation Blog has this post on Howard Delivery Service, Inc., v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co. The post includes links to the petitioner™s and amicus briefs.

Election Law Blog gives us the brief university professors have filed in the Texas redistricting case.

The Volokh Conspiracy has this post on Hudson v. Michigan. The case considers the scope of a suppression remedy for a police officer’s failure to follow the “knock and announce” requirements that the Supreme Court has recently held are required by the Fourth Amendment when the police execute a warrant.