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Here, Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick imagines what would have transpired during the past year if Alberto Gonzales and Harriet Miers, two of President Bush’s top choices for vacancies at the Court, had been seated.

At the WSJ.com Law Blog, Ashby Jones has this post on the “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” case, which marks Kenneth Starr’s return to the Supreme Court. Mark Sherman of the AP reports here on the student speech case.

James Vicini of Reuters has this report on Justice Kennedy’s appearance last night in “The Trial of Hamlet” at the Kennedy Center. At Above the Law, David Lat weighs in on the performance here.

At FindLaw, Vikram David Amar has this column on the Court’s ruling in the Lance v. Coffman redistricting case. At Opinio Juris, Greg Castanias and Victoria Dorfman have this post on the Sinochem decision.

Ross Runkel of the Supreme Court Times reports here on next week’s oral arguments.

Finally, Eric Bailey of the LA Times has this article on the Raich case, which the Ninth Circuit redecided nearly two years after being remanded by the High Court.