Today’s News – Tuesday, March 8, 2005

James Carroll has this op-ed in The Boston Globe on oral arguments, heard last week, in Van Orden v. Perry and McCreary County v. ACLU.

Tony Mauro of Legal Times has this article (subscription required) on the Court’s opinion, issued on Monday, in Ballard v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue and Estate of Kanter v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

Charles Lane of The Washington Post has this article discussing Medellin v. Dretke, which will be argued on March 28.

Richard Cohen of The Washington Post has this opinion piece on Justice Scalia and the Ten Commandment cases.

The Washington Post has these Letters to the Editor in response to the Post’s coverage of Kelo v. City of New London.

Linda Greenhouse of The New York Times has this article on activities at the Court on Monday and specifically on the Court’s opinion in Shepard v. U.S. She also has this article discussing the Court’s opinion in Ballard v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue and Estate of Kanter v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

The Chicago Tribune has this Letter to the Editor on the Court’s opinion in Roper v. Simmons.

NPR has this story on death row inmates who will no longer face execution in light of the Court’s ruling in Roper v. Simmons.

News on Glendale Federal Bank v. U.S. and U.S. v. Glendale Federal Bank, in which the Court denied cert. on Monday:
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg;
The L.A. Times; and
this Reuters report.