Round-Up

At Volokh Conspiracy, Orin Kerr has this post describing his reactions to this morning’s oral argument in Brendlin v. California; Kerr’s preview of the argument is here.

Christopher S. Rugaber of the Associated Press reports here on the today’s arguments in the U.S. v. Atlantic Research environmental case.

In the Wall Street Journal, Mark H. Anderson reports here on today’s orders, including a Superfund appeal that was rejected by the High Court; the AP has this summary of today’s actions at the Supreme Court. The AP also has this article on the Court’s decision to review the U.S. v. Santos (No. 06-1005) money laundering case and this report on the Court’s decision not to hear University of Phoenix v. Mary Hendow and Julie Albertson (No. 06-1006), a student recruiting case;

In the National Law Journal, Michael P. Shea has this article on the “federal officer removal statute” at play in Watson v. Philip Morris Cos. Inc. (No. 05-1284), which is scheduled for argument on Wednesday.

In today’s Legal Times, Tony Mauro reports here on Justice Kennedy’s role as the “swing vote” on the Roberts Court and his majority opinion in Gonzales v. Carhart. On Saturday, David G. Savage had this article in the LA Times discussing Kennedy’s opinion.

Peter Lattman reports here on early action in the Stoneridge Investment Partners v. Scientific-Atlanta securities fraud case for the WSJ.com Law Blog. Carrie Johnson had this article in Saturday’s Washington Post discussing both sides’ courting of the Securities and Exchange Commission.