Today at the Supreme Court: 11/30/06
No oral arguments are scheduled and no non-capital orders or opinions are expected today.
November 2006 Archive
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Government seeks delay in Hamdan case
The case of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld is now pending in U.S. District Court in Washington (docket 04-1519) following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Salim Ahmed Hamdan’s favor last June. UPDATE: 2 p.m.
Argument Recap: KSR v. Teleflex on 11/28
The following argument recap was written by Brian Love of the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic. His preview of this case, including links to all the briefs, can be found here. Lyle Denniston also posted an analysis of oral argument here.
Round-Up
Recaps and analyses of yesterday’s oral argument in Mass. v. EPA abound. Here is Dahlia Lithwick writing at Slate, and here she is again, this time discussing the case on NPR; Nina Totenberg also had a piece on NPR that can be found here.
An Update on the State of the Docket
A couple of preliminary notes about this post: Like a similar post I wrote earlier in the Term, this one is very “inside baseball” on the Court’s docket. In addition, the post shouldn’t be misunderstood as a criticism of the Court’s approach to granting cases.
What Do You Think of the Court’s Cert. Practice, Anyway?
Thanks to Tom for that informative post below on the Incredible Shrinking Docket. I’ll bite on the “normative” question: Is there anything the Court ought to be doing differently?
Today at the Supreme Court: 11/29/06
Beginning at 10 AM eastern, the Court will hear one hour of oral argument in Massachusetts v. EPA (preview here) followed by one hour of argument in Watters v. Wachovia Bank (preview here). Transcripts of both arguments should be available sometime this afternoon.
Round-Up
Updated 3:20 PM Previews and editorials about today’s argument in Mass. v. EPA: Nina Totenberg has a story at NPR here. Felicity Barringer has a preview in the New York Times here.
Analysis: Kennedy key to global warming challenge
The Supreme Court’s first public discussion of global warming was, in large part, an inquiry into the opportunity — or lack of it — to bring a lawsuit to try to force the government to promptly address the problem (the “standing” issue).
Today’s Transcripts: 11/29
The Court has just posted the transcript in Mass. v. EPA here. UPDATE: Watters v. Wachovia can now be found here.