Today at the Supreme Court | 4.30.08
No oral arguments are scheduled and no non-capital orders are expected to be issued from the Court today. If any orders are issued in pending cases, we will post them promptly.
April 2008 Archive
Every post published in April 2008, most recent first.
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New StatPack Available
With the conclusion of the April sitting, a new StatPack is available for download here. The cover page lists the remaining dates when the Court will sit publicly in order to release Orders and opinions between now and the conclusion of the Term; for convenience, that list is reproduced after the jump.
Petitions to Watch | Conference of 5.15.08
The latest edition of “Petitions to Watch” features cases up for consideration at the Justices’ private conference of May 15. As always, the list reflects the petitions on the Court’s paid docket that Tom has deemed to have a reasonable chance of being granted.
Today at the Supreme Court | 4.29.08
No oral arguments are scheduled and no non-capital orders are expected to be issued from the Court today. If any orders are issued in pending cases, we will post them promptly.
More on Crawford: The Court Steps Back From Electoral Refereeing
The following analysis was written by Richard Samp, Chief Counsel of the Washington Legal Foundation in Washington, DC. (Disclosure: the Washington Legal Foundation filed an amicus brief in this case in support of Respondents, urging the Court to uphold Indiana’s Voter ID Law.)
Upcoming Event: “The Dirty Dozen” at Cato
On Tuesday, May 6 at noon, the Cato Institute will hold a book forum entitled “The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom.” It will feature the book’s authors, Robert A. Levy, a Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute, and William Mellor, President and General Counsel of the Institute for Justice.
Today at the Supreme Court | 4.28.08
At 10 a.m., the Court is scheduled to release one or more opinions, as well as orders from the Justices’ private conference last Friday. We will provide links to both as soon as they are available.
Today’s Orders
A copy of today’s orders list is now available here.
Court rejects voter ID challenge; no new grants
The Supreme Court, voting 6-3, on Monday rejected a constitutional challenge to Indiana’s law requiring voters to show a government-issued photo ID before they may cast a ballot.
From Election Law Blog: Initial Thoughts on the Supreme Court’s Decision in Crawford
The following post by Loyola (Calif.) Law School Professor Rick Hasen originally appeared on on Election Law Blog, and is also available here. (Disclosure: Prof. Hasen filed this pro bono amicus brief on his own behalf supporting the challengers to the law in this case.)