News Round-Up
on Oct 2, 2006 at 5:28 pm
The New York Times ran this story today, by Linda Greenhouse, called “Roberts Court May Be Defined in Second Term.”
David Savage of the LA Times had this comprehensive preview of the new term.
Nina Totenberg wondered on Morning Edition if we are going to see “a newly conservative Supreme Court.” Her story can be heard here.
The AP ran this story noting that the Supreme Court denied this petition asking it to invalidate a Texas statute that bans the sale of sex toys.
Peter Lattman at the WSJ Law Blog spotlights five cases of interest to the business community here. Also at the Law Blog, Ashby Jones has a “pre-game” of the patent case KSR v. Teleflex.
Last, the WSJ proper had an editorial here called “Dues on the Docket,” in which the editorial board weighs in on the newly-granted “union fees” cases (relevant documents here; docket 05-1589/05-1657).
