Round-Up

The AP’s Frederic J. Frommer reports here on this morning’s oral argument in the campaign finance cases; Kristin Jensen and Greg Stohr have this article at Bloomberg; in the Washington Post, Robert Barnes reports here that a majority of the justices appeared skeptical about a key provision of the McCain- Feingold campaign finance act; and Rick Hasen has this post discussing his initial reactions to today’s oral argument in FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life (No. 06-969) and Sen. John McCain, et al., v. Wisconsin Right to Life (No. 06-970) at the Election Law blog.

Jess Bravin of the Wall Street Journal has this article (subscription req’d) previewing this morning’s arguments; NPR’s Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on “Morning Edition”; David G. Savage has this preview in today’s LA Times. The Washington Post’s Robert Barnes and Matthew Mosk preview the case here; Joan Biskupic of the USA Today has this article; Warren Richey reports here in the Christian Science Monitor.

In today’s Washington Times, the Center for Competitive Politics’ Bradley A. Smith and Stephen M. Hoersting have this column discussing the campaign finance cases; this editorial runs in the Washington Post; and the New York Times has this editorial.

At Workplace Prof Blog, Paul Secunda has this post offering preliminary analysis of yesterday’s oral arguments in Beck v. Pace International Union, the ERISA fiduciary case. In today’s New York Times, Linda Greenhouse reports here on yesterday’s arguments in Permanent Mission of India v. City of New York (No. 06-134); Joseph Goldstein has this article in the New York Sun. Frederic J. Frommer of the Associated Press has this article on Dayton v. Hanson, which was also argued yesterday.

Additional commentary on last week’s Carhart decision can be found in: this column by Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post; this analysis of Justice Ginsburg’s equality argument from Pepperdine University Professor Douglas Kmiec at Justice Talking; and this paper from Simon Dodd posted here at Stubborn Facts.

Lastly, Ellis Cose reviews Kevin Merida and Michael Fletcher’s new biography, Supreme Discomfort, here in this week’s issue of Newsweek.