Round-Up

TaxProf Blog links here to a Tax Court opinion in the continuing litigation in a case that reached the Supreme Court earlier, Ballard v. Commissioner.

At Volokh, Jim Lindgren blogs here about a talk by the Chief Justice at Northwestern.

Martin Magnusson of ACSBlog writes here about the continuing dominance of death penalty cases on the Supreme Court’s docket.

In the American Lawyer, Dahlia Lithwick writes here about the increasing frequency of the Justices’ public appearances (via How Appealing).

Washingtonpost.com had a chat with Jeff Rosen about his new book, and the transcript is here.

Finally, David Lat of Above the Law has a Supreme Court Clerk hiring update here.