Round-Up

In today’s New York Times, Linda Greenhouse has this article concerning the Court’s decision yesterday to turn down Rahmani v. United States. David G. Savage of the LA Times also reports here on the Justices’ refusal to intervene on behalf of the seven Iranian refugees charged with raising money for an opposition group in Iran designated by the State Department as a terrorist organization.

Joan Biskupic has this article in the USA Today on the Court’s refusal to hear an appeal questioning the Transportation Security Administration’s unpublished policy requiring airline passengers to show identification before boarding flights.

The AP’s Pete Yost reports here on the Court’s decision in MedImmune v. Genentech. Peter Kaplan of Reuters has this article on the decision reinstating MedImmune’s lawsuit, which challenges the validity of a key Genentech patent.

This AP article discusses the ruling in Burton v. Stewart, in which the Court declined to rule on the question of whether the sentencing decision in Blakely v. Washington is to be applied retroactively in federal habeas cases. In addition, AP writer Mark Sherman reports on the the Court’s decision in U.S. v. Resendiz-Ponce here, upholding the indictment of a Mexican national caught trying to enter the country illegally.

Finally, Stephen K. Green at the ACS Blog has this post previewing Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, an Establishment Clause challenge by a public interest organization.