This week, the Court has a full plate, with a private conference Monday, oral arguments on both Tuesday and Wednesday, and then the regular order […]
Entries from March 2008
Preview for Week of 3-31-2008
March 31st, 2008 · Comments Off on Preview for Week of 3-31-2008
Tags: Weekly Previews
Order List of 3-28-2008 [Details To Follow]
March 28th, 2008 · Comments Off on Order List of 3-28-2008 [Details To Follow]
Last week, I noted that the absence of an order list on Good Friday created a very long gap between the Court’s conference and its […]
Tags: Order Lists
More Pro Bono Referrals
March 27th, 2008 · Comments Off on More Pro Bono Referrals
Although the Court didn’t issue its weekly order list last Friday, it certainly issued a large number of other orders that day. In addition […]
Tags: Case Notes
Justice Willett in George Will’s Column
March 27th, 2008 · Comments Off on Justice Willett in George Will’s Column
In the Washington Post, George Will writes a column about the relationship between political affiliation and personal charitable giving. It begins this way:
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Tags: News and Links
Osler McCarthy’s Response (and Mine) to Recent Backlog Stories
March 27th, 2008 · Comments Off on Osler McCarthy’s Response (and Mine) to Recent Backlog Stories
In a commentary piece now available on the San Antonio Express-News website, the Court’s staff attorney for public information Osler McCarthy talks about some of […]
Tags: News and Links
Oral Argument Calendar: Almost Full? Already there?
March 27th, 2008 · Comments Off on Oral Argument Calendar: Almost Full? Already there?
It looks like there may only be one slot left for a case to be argued this term.
In its March 7, 2008 order list, the […]
Tags: Practice Notes
Hall Street and Bison Building Materials
March 26th, 2008 · Comments Off on Hall Street and Bison Building Materials
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Hall Street Associates, L.L.C. v. Mattel, Inc., a case under the Federal Arbitration Act, holding 6-3 that parties cannot […]
Tags: Case Notes
Judicial elections under attack elsewhere, too
March 24th, 2008 · Comments Off on Judicial elections under attack elsewhere, too
In the past few days, the Wall Street Journal has run two separate opinion pieces about judicial elections — one from the left and one […]
Tags: Elections · News and Links