Tracking new cases: Suing gun makers
NOTE: From time to time, the blog will examine significant new cases as they are filed at the Supreme Court. This post is one in that series.
August 2009 Archive
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Argument Preview: McDaniel v. Brown
Below, Erica Goldberg previews McDaniel v. Brown, one of the three cases to be heard by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, October 13. Erica is a graduate of Stanford Law School. Check the McDaniel v. Brown (08-559) SCOTUSwiki page throughout the summer for additional updates.
UPDATE: Challenge to Chrysler deal dismissed
FINAL UPDATE Saturday a.m. The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the petition in docket 08-1513, by agreement of the parties under the Court’s Rule 46. See the docket entries here. UPDATE Friday a.m. The company’s statement, posted on its blog, can be found here.
Delay denied on detainee transfers
Dividing 2-1, the D.C. Circuit Court on Wednesday refused to put on hold its ruling in April barring federal judges from putting any limits on the government’s decisions to transfer detainees out of Guantanamo Bay.
Tracking new cases: A test of “protectionism”
NOTE: From time to time, the blog will examine significant new cases as they are filed at the Supreme Court. This post is one in that series. Some of these cases very likely will appear later in the blog’s Petitions to Watch feature when the Court is ready to consider them. ———————————– UPDATE: The case has been docketed as 09-231.
A very modest request for time
If ten minutes of oral argument time is enough to say something meaningful to the Supreme Court, could the same be done in one minute?
Afghan detainee goes home
The Justice Department formally notified a federal judge on Monday that it has carried out the court order to return a young Afghan detainee, Mohammed Jawad, to his homeland, ending nearly a seven-year stay in U.S. military custody, most recently at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Tracking new cases: Torture case returns
NOTE: From time to time, the blog will examine significant new cases as they are filed at the Supreme Court. This post is one in that series. Some of these cases very likely will appear later in the blog’s Petitions to Watch feature when the Court is ready to consider them. ———————- UPDATE: The case has been docketed as 09-227.
Difficulty in justifying detention
A federal judge’s lengthy but heavily censored opinion released on Friday demonstrated anew the difficulty that the Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies are having in trying to justify in court the continued holding of some of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Second Amendment cases up early
The Supreme Court will consider two new cases on the scope of individuals’ Second Amendment right to have guns at its first Conference for the new Term, on Sept. 29, according to the Court’s electronic docket.