Today at the Supreme Court: 1/31/07
No oral arguments are scheduled and no non-capital orders or opinions are expected to be issued today.
January 2007 Archive
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Virginia Heffernan of the New York Times has this review of the four-part PBS program, “The Supreme Court”, which begins tonight at 9 p.m.; Tom Shales has this review of the documentary in today’s Washington Post; and Stephen Wermiel reviews the program here at the Politco.
Today at the Supreme Court: 1/30/07
No oral arguments are scheduled and no non-capital orders or opinions are expected to be issued today.
“Ask the Author” with Jan Crawford Greenburg
Jan Crawford Greenburg has generously agreed to answer questions in this space later in the week about her much-discussed new book, Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court.
Another defeat for age bias claim on pensions
On January 16, the Supreme Court turned down an appeal claiming that so-called “cash balance” pension plans discriminate illegally against older workers.
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At Workplace Prof Blog, Paul Secunda highlights how last term’s ruling in Garcetti v. Ceballos has affected subsequent lower court rulings in this post. Here, at TaxProf Blog, Paul Caron has posted all of the cert. papers in two tax shelter cases, Coltec and Dow Chemical.
Framing Davenport
The strangest thing about the oral argument three weeks ago in Davenport v. WEA is just how little common ground there was–not only between the parties (and their amici), but also among the Justices–on just what the case is about, and which constitutional doctrines it implicates.
Today at the Supreme Court: 1/29/07
No oral arguments are scheduled and no non-capital orders or opinions are expected to be issued today.
“Ask the Author” with Jeff Rosen: Part 2
This is part 2 of our discussion with Professor Jeff Rosen about his new book, The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries That Defined America (part 1 is here). The book is the companion volume to the PBS special “The Supreme Court” which premieres this Wednesday, January 31 at 9 PM eastern.
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UPDATE 5:52 PM: Today, Senator Arlen Specter re-introduced legislation that would require the Supreme Court to televise oral argument; C-SPAN has posted the video of the senator introducing the legislation here (RealPlayer required). C-SPAN’s “Cameras in the Court” timeline is here.