Tuesday round-up
We have changed our round-up format! In an effort to simplify the process for our round-up team, going forward we will only include in the round-up news articles and posts that are submitted to us.
April 2013 Archive
Every post published in April 2013, most recent first.
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The Court “DIGs” in Boyer v. Louisiana – and sometimes silence can speak volumes.
One might joke that Monday’s order in Boyer v. Louisiana, dismissing the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted (“DIG”), was issued to eliminate all traces of Justice Thomas’s single recorded oral argument remark in seven years (as noted in my summary of the oral argument).
New pledge on Guantanamo
With a mass-protest hunger strike apparently still spreading among detainees at Guantanamo Bay, President Obama on Tuesday promised to make a new effort to persuade Congress to allow the closing of the prison run by the U.S. military on the island of Cuba.
Monday round-up
If you have a story or post that you think should be included in the round-up, please send a link to roundup [at] scotusblog.com so that we can consider it. As Lyle reported for this blog, on Saturday morning Justice Stephen Breyer broke his right shoulder after an accident on his bicycle.
Details on today’s opinions
In McBurney v. Young, a unanimous Court (in an opinion by Justice Alito) held that Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act, which grants Virginia citizens access to all public records, but grants no such right to non-Virginians, does not violate the Privileges and Immunities Clause, which protects
Opinion recap: Only one argument needed
Analysis Virginia went to the Supreme Court with one argument, and only one, for its policy of limiting access to state public records to people who live in Virginia. That did not seem to work well at the argument in February, but that is not the test that counts.
Court to rule on deadly drugs
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether prosecutors must prove that the use of heroin directly caused someone to die, in order to get a longer prison sentence for the person convicted of selling the drug.
This week at the Court
On Monday the Court granted one new case, Burrage v. United States, and issued two opinions in argued cases. The next Conference is scheduled for May 9. Our list of “Petitions to watch” for that Conference will be available soon.
Justice Breyer injured in fall
Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, 74, broke his right shoulder Saturday morning in a fall from his bicycle in downtown Washington, the Court said in a news release.
Friday round-up
On Thursday, the Obama administration filed a petition for certiorari asking the Supreme Court to overturn a decision by the D.C. Circuit holding that three of President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board are unconstitutional.