Blog Round-Up – Thursday, February 9th

Up on Law.com, Tony Mauro has this article on “Justice Alito’s Green Day.” Three cases challenging the scope of the Clean Water Act will be argued Feb. 21, testing themes of federalism and commerce clause power that were much at issue during Alito’s confirmation hearings.

ACSBlog has this post by Michael J. Kelly, Associate Professor of Law at Creighton University School of Law on Youngstown‘s check on executive power.

The Volokh Conspiracy has this post by Randy Barnett on a speech he will give today, titled, “Scalia’s Infidelity: A Critique of Faint-Hearted Originalism.”