Today at the Supreme Court | 10.31.07
At 10 a.m, the Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in Danforth v. Minnesota (06-8273), examining state courts’ authority to expand the retroactivity of Supreme Court criminal procedure rulings.
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Today’s Transcripts
The transcript of today’s argument in Danforth v. Minnesota (06-8273) is now available here.
Commentary: What does the Supreme Court really do?
(NOTE: For a fuller discussion of the legal issues at stake and the factual background of the case, look here at SCOTUSwiki.)
Today at the Supreme Court | 10.30.07
At 10 a.m, the Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in United States v. Williams (06-694), asking whether a federal ban on pandering material believed to be child pornography is unconstitutional.
Commentary: An anti-porn law that will survive?
Driven by an obvious worry that child pornography is spreading rapidly on the Internet, and seeming to sense that some day, somehow they should uphold a law to deal with it, Supreme Court Justices did some public brainstorming Tuesday about how to write an opinion that would do just that.
An Attempt to Avoid Confusion in Death Penalty Stay Orders
This post by Lyle links to this Order of the Court denying Earl Berry’s petition for certiorari and application for a stay of a decision of the Mississippi Supreme Court.
Today’s Transcripts
The transcript of today’s argument in United States v. Williams (06-694) is now available here. The transcript of today’s argument in Logan v. United States (06-6911) is now available here.
Court delays Mississippi execution
Final update 8:01 p.m. Over the dissents of two Justices, the Supreme Court on Tuesday postponed the execution of Mississippi death row inmate Earl Wesley Berry.
Oral argument recap: Logan v. US
In oral argument, Richard Coad – representing petitioner James Logan – emphasized that Section 921(a)(20) should apply to both offenders who lost and later regained their civil rights and offenders whose never lost those civil rights since there is no marked difference between the two.
Argument preview: Danforth v. Minnesota
In Danforth v. Minnesota, the Supreme Court will examine the authority of states to give accused or convicted individuals added protection for legal rights that result from Supreme Court decisions, even if the Justices have limited who may benefit from those rulings.