Round-Up

In the Legal Times, Tony Mauro reports here on the controversy over proposed rule changes at the Supreme Court.

This editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal praises the Supreme Court’s ruling in Bell Atlantic v. Twombly, which raises the bar on civil antitrust lawsuits. Peter Lattman has this post at the WSJ.com Law Blog discussing the editorial and highlighting the “playful exchange” between Justice Souter and Justice Stevens in the opinion. In addition, Randy Picker has this commentary on the opinion at the University of Chicago Law School Faculty Blog.

At Volokh Conspiracy, Eugene Volokh has this post discussing the Louisiana Supremre Court’s decision in State v. Kennedy upholding the death penalty for child rape, an issue Volokh predicts the High Court will take up.

Doug Berman has this post at Sentencing Law and Policy on the Sixth Circuit’s decision in Birka, which highlights issues still in question after Booker and Blakely.

First Impressions, an online companion to the Michigan Law Review, has this online symposium exploring the implications of televising Supreme Court arguments, which features articles from a panel of authors including Mauro of the Legal Times and The Honorable Boyce F. Martin, Jr. among others.