Today at the Court

Orders from the Justices’ private conference last week are expected at 10 a.m.  To see a list of petitions Tom has deemed to have a reasonable chance of being granted, see our latest edition of Petitions to Watch.

Afterward, the Court will hear oral arguments in two cases:

10 a.m. – The Court will hear the separation-of-powers case Free Enterprise Fund and Beckstead and Watts, LLP v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (08-861), which challenges the constitutionality of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act’s creation of an accounting review board.  On Friday, Lyle discussed the issues in the case in his preview for SCOTUSblog.

11 a.m. – At issue in Florida v. Powell (08-1175) is the police duty to expand “Miranda warnings” before questioning a suspect. Stanford Law School’s Samantha Bateman previewed the case on SCOTUSblog.

For briefs and details in the cases above, click each of their names to visit their pages on SCOTUSwiki.