Every post published in September 2005, most recent first.
The government and the tobacco industry appear likely to learn as soon as Oct. 17 the fate of the campaign by the Justice Department to force the surrender of profits from an alleged decades-long campaign of deception about smoking hazards.
Justice O’Connor is the only current Justice who has ever been an elected official. (Indeed, for a short while, she was Majority Leader of the Arizona Senate.)
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., in his first formal action on his first day on the job, on Friday adopted the policy followed for years by most of his new colleagues on when he would take himself out of pending cases — in other words, his recusal policy.
(This is another in a continuing series of reports on the aftermath of Supreme Court rulings — in this case, a decision last May not to decide. That was the outcome in the case of Medellin v. Dretke.
This morning the American Constitution Society hosted a Supreme Court preview. A video of the event can be found here.
By a vote of 78-22, John Roberts has been confirmed as the new Chief Justice.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., will take another oath of office on Monday, but that is a mere formality: he is now a fully functioning Chief Justice with all the authority of the office, after taking two oaths at the White House Thursday afternoon.
Yesterday, we filed a reply brief in Hadfield v. McDonough, No. 05-214, a cert. petition that seeks review of a question involving the interplay between the Supreme Court’s decision in Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill, 470 U.S. 532 (1985) and the so-called “Parratt-Hudson” doctrine.
The pretty consistent word at this point is that the President is unlikely to announce a nomination tomorrow. Look for Monday or Tuesday.
The First Amendment Center has posted this article by Tony Mauro on the Court’s decision to revisit the campaign finance debate. Here is Underneath Their Robes on the speculation that Judge Danny J. Boggs, of the Sixth Circuit will be nominated to replace Justice O’Connor.