Remarks from Senator Biden on Judicial Nominations
Here is a webcast of remarks Senator Biden gave today on Judge Roberts and the importance of the “advice and consent” clause of the Constitution.
July 2005 Archive
Every post published in July 2005, most recent first.
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Upcoming Events
This weekend, July 28-31, the American Constitution Society will host its 2005 National Convention in Washington, DC.
New panel, date for detainees’ hearing
(This is one of a series of continuing reports on the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s June 2004 decisions in the war on terrorism cases.) The D.C. Circuit on Wednesday named a new — and more senior — panel of judges to hear the appeals in the cases of the detainees now being held captive at the U.S. Naval prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Blog Round-Up – Monday, July 25th
Here Volokh Conspiracy comments on this post by Bench Memos on whether or not the Senate can confirm Justice O’Connor’s replacement before her resignation is effective.
New legal threat to Big Tobacco
As the federal government’s new appeal to the Supreme Court in the anti-racketeering case against the tobacco industry moves along at a leisurely summertime pace, the case is moving apace in U.S. District Court in Washington.
Tobacco battle rages on two fronts
The Bush Administration may have gone on to the Supreme Court to try to salvage much of its massive case against the tobacco industry, but the industry wasted no time in moving in a lower court to scuttle most of what is left of the case.
Next Term’s Case List
Here is the OT 2005 case list, as revised to account for the Court’s October to December argument calendars, which Lyle detailed in this post.
Blog Round-up – Thursday, July 21st
Here is Underneath their Robes on the candidates who were not picked to be the new Supreme Court nominee. Legal Affairs Debate Club asks “Is the Federalism Revolution at its End?”
SG Brief Defending Solomon Amendment
Solicitor General Clement has filed the Government’s opening brief in No. 04-1152, Rumsfeld v. FAIR, the case challenging the constitutionality of the Solomon Amendment.
Roberts Nomination
Just a reminder that our discussion of Judge Roberts’s nomination is going on over at the Nomination Blog.