The week ahead

The Court is expected to release orders this morning at 10 a.m. and will then go into recess until Friday, March 19, when the Justices will hold their next private conference.

The respondents’ merits brief is due today in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez (09-1371) and the petitioners’ reply is due Friday in Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha v. Regal-Beloit Corporation (08-1553; 08-1554).