Live Blog: Orders and opinions | 2.28.11
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Every post published in February 2011, most recent first.
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Preemption, habeas, and railroads – in Plain English.
Coverage of this week’s cases and a recent speech by Justice Thomas.
This morning, the Court handed down its ruling in Michigan v. Bryant.
On Wednesday, the Court will hear oral argument in Ashcroft v. al-Kidd.
Transcripts of today’s oral arguments.
On March 1, the Court will hear one hour of oral argument in the consolidated cases of Camreta v. Greene (No. 09-1454) and Alford v. Greene (No. 09-1478).
Significant dates in the coming week.
On Tuesday the Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Schindler Elevator Corp. v. United States ex rel. Kirk, which addresses the interaction between the False Claims Act and the Freedom of Information Act.
The Obama Administration renewed its plea that federal courts should not rule on the constitutionality of the ban on gays serving openly in the military, allowing time to carry out Congress’s new law repealing the ban.