Round-Up

At Balkinization, Mark Tushnet has this analysis of Justice Kennedys concurring school integration opinion, in which Tushnet concentrates on the legal ramifications of Part I of the opinion. In the USA Today, Tony Mauro writes this commentary on Justice Thomass seeming invisibility in regards to the Seattle and Louisville race cases and on Justice Thomass understanding of the role of race in American schools.

Robin Toner of the New York Times reports in this article on the Democrats outrage over the decisions issued by the Roberts Court and their ramifications for the 2008 elections. A Times editorial, here, decries the profoundly conservative shift in the Court this term, going so far as to say that It has been decades since the most privileged members of society corporations, the wealthy, white people who want to attend schools with other whites have had such a successful Supreme Court term. This editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle comments on the Courts undeniable conservative turn that puts at risk rights that Americans have taken for granted.

On NPRs Morning Edition, Nina Totenberg has this report on the conservative shift in the Court and its reversal of a number of key precedents.

TalkLeft compiles several postings that suggest terms for Scooter Libbys supervised release here.