The Week Ahead
on Oct 1, 2007 at 8:45 am
Today, the first day of the October 2007 term, the Court will hear oral argument in the consolidated cases of Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party (06-713) and Washington v. Washington State Republican Party (06-730), and in New York City Board of Education v. Tom F. (06-637). The Court also is expected to release orders at 10 a.m. Eastern. We will post a copy as soon as one becomes available.
On Tuesday, the Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in Gall v. United States (06-7949) and Kimbrough v. United States (06-6330).
On Wednesday, the Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in NY Board of Elections v. Torres (06-766) and United States v. Santos (06-1005).
On Friday, the Court is scheduled to hold its first conference of the October 2007 term. Friday is also the deadline for District of Columbia gun rights advocates to file its brief its opposition to the petition for certiorari in District of Columbia v. Heller (07-290), which seeks to revive the city handgun ban struck down by the D.C. Circuit Court.