Thursday round-up
Reactions to Tuesday’s grants and discussion of the upcoming Term; Senator Leahy’s proposal to allow retired Justices to fill in when active Justices are recused.
September 2010 Archive
Every post published in September 2010, most recent first.
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Argument preview: The Court considers the Confrontation Clause again
On Tuesday, the Court will hear arguments regarding whether a statement by a dying victim was made during an “ongoing emergency” and thus can be admitted without violating the defendant’s rights under the Confrontation Clause.
Shaping America podcast with Ed Mannino
SCOTUSblog interviews Ed Mannino, author of Shaping America: The Supreme Court and American Society.
Chief rejects candidate plea
A Virginia “Tea Party” candidate is denied an order to have state officials count all of his nominating petition signatures. The rejected signatures were witnessed by Lux himself, who could not do so under Virginia law in the congressional district where he wants to run.
SCOTUSblog event: Live-chat with authors of new Brennan biography
On October 7, Stephen Wermiel and Seth Stern, authors of Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion, will be answering readers questions in a live forum on SCOTUSblog.
Detainees’ rights — the next round starts
Two years-plus after the Supreme Court told federal judges to work out the details of the legal rights of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, the decisions that resulted are beginning to reach the Court. The first petition is by a familiar figure, Fawzi Al-Odah, a Kuwaiti national.
Wednesday round-up
The Court agrees to hear fourteen new cases and changes its policy on releasing audio recordings of oral arguments.
Live-blog: Orders | 9.28.10
Live coverage of cert. grants and additional orders from the Court’s “long Conference.”
A review of “state secrets”
The Court, in first orders, grants 14 cases, including a new look at the government’s power to invoke the “state secrets” doctrine to withhold information, a new look at an emotional fight over a Texas tycoon’s mammoth estate, and a major controversy over crime lab evidence. New Justice Kagan is recused from four of the new cases.
Tuesday round-up
Court issues grants from yesterday’s “Long Conference”; reporters, commentators discuss influence of pending petitions and past cases