Today at the Supreme Court | 5.30.08
Oral arguments have concluded for the term. If any orders are issued today in pending cases, we will post them promptly.
May 2008 Archive
Every post published in May 2008, most recent first.
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Opinion Recap: Riley v. Kennedy
Thomas Haymore discusses the opinion in Riley v. Kennedy (07-77) below. Please note that Thomas was on the Stanford Supreme Court clinic team that worked on the case on behalf of the appellees.
Recent Filing: Cert Reply in Baker v. Chisom
Earlier this afternoon, we filed this reply to the brief in opposition in Baker v. Chisom (07-1082), a civil rights case involving pleading standards under 42 U.S.C. 1983. To access previous filings in the case, click here for our list of petitions to watch at the June 12 conference.
Federal court upholds voting rights extension
In a case almost certainly headed to the Supreme Court this summer or fall, a three-judge federal court in Washington, D.C., on Friday upheld Congress’ 25-year extension of a key provision of the Voting Rights Act originally passed in 1965 and repeatedly extended since then.
Today at the Supreme Court | 5.29.08
The Justices are scheduled to hold a private conference this morning, orders from which are expected to be released on Monday. To view our list of petitions to watch at today’s conference, click here.
New StatPack, Plus a Docket Update
A new StatPack is available, and it can be downloaded here. Additionally, we periodically write posts (see here for the latest one) with updates on the state of the docket, and with four Conferences to go until the Summer Recess, it’s time for another rundown of the Court’s caseload for OT08.
Continuing Analysis: CBOCS v. Humphries and Gomez-Perez v. Potter, Part II
This post continues a discussion of Tuesday’s decisions in CBOCS v. Humphries, and Gomez-Perez v. Potter, that I started here. III. Gomez-Perez and the Meaning of Silence The plaintiff in Gomez-Perez alleged that after she complained about age discrimination at a federal agency, she was subject to various forms of retaliation.
Clement to teach
Departing U.S. Solicitor General Paul D. Clement will join the Georgetown University Law Center in June as a visiting professor and senior fellow at the Center’s Supreme Court Institute. Clement’s last day at the Justice Department is Monday. The Georgetown announcement can be found here.
Today at the Supreme Court | 5.28.08
Oral arguments have concluded for the term. If any orders are issued today in pending cases, we will post them promptly.
Petitions to Watch | Conference of 6.12.08
The latest edition of “Petitions to Watch” features cases up for consideration at the Justices’ private conference of June 12. 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.