The week ahead
Because today is Memorial Day, the Court is not in session. Tomorrow, the Court will issue orders and opinions at 10 a.m. Eastern. We will be live-blogging. The petitioners’ merits brief is due Friday in Connick v. Thompson (09-571).
May 2010 Archive
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More Solicitor General invitation briefs
The Solicitor General’s office filed three more invited amicus briefs Friday, in Triple-S Management Corporation v. Municipal Revenue Collection Center, Carmichael v. Kellogg, Brown & Root Service, Inc., and Pfizer, Inc. v. Abdullahi. All three straightforwardly recommend denials.
This week on the Wiki
The Court handed down five opinions on Monday, and in response we have updated the five corresponding case pages on our sister site, SCOTUSwiki, to include links to new opinions and commentary.
Today at the Court
No non-capital orders are expected, though we will report promptly on any should they be announced. Due to Memorial Day on Monday, the next day for orders and opinions is Tuesday, June 1.
Academic round-up
I am delighted to be taking over the academic round-up duties from David Stras, who has recently been appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court. I am a Professor at American University Washington College of Law, and my scholarship and teaching focus on the role of the federal courts.
Friday round-up
For all round-up coverage of Elena Kagan since her nomination, see our collection of past links on SCOTUSwiki. Staff picks are marked by asterisks. Justice Souter was back in the news today after his commencement address at Harvard College (read the entire thing, as prepared for delivery, in the Harvard Gazette).
New defeat for detainees
Reacting to a Supreme Court order to take a new look at judges’ power to control the release of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, the D.C. Circuit Court on Friday refused to order a new fact-gathering hearing for five Chinese Muslim (Uighur) prisoners and instead put back into effect a ruling that the courts have no role to play in deciding whether any non-citizen will be allowed to enter the United States.
New Solicitor General invitation brief filed
The Acting Solicitor General recommends a denial in Golden Gate Restaurant Association v. County of San Francisco (08-1515). At issue in the case is whether ERISA section 514(a) preempts a San Francisco ordinance requiring covered local employers to spend a specified amount for health care benefits for their covered employees.
UPDATE: No delay of Blagojevich trial
UPDATE: Justice John Paul Stevens on Friday afternoon refused to delay the June 3 opening of the criminal trial in Chicago of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his brother Robert. The Justice issued no opinion, simply denying a stay of the trial in a brief order.
SpeechNow may be appealed
The Federal Election Commission on Friday dropped a vague hint that it may be close to deciding to ask the Supreme Court to revive a federal law that restricts the amount of money that independent political advocacy groups can raise for their efforts to influence the election of members of Congress and the presidency.