Garcetti Reargument on March 21st
on Feb 24, 2006 at 5:18 pm
The Court will hear reargument in No. 04-473, Garcetti v. Ceballos, on Tuesday, March 21st, at 1:00. (Can anyone identify the last time the Court heard reargument in the same term that a case was first argued? I believe the answer is Slack v. McDaniel, in October Term 1999, see 528 U.S. 949 (1999).)
As I explained below, I think the odds are fairly high that Justice Alito will be the fifth vote against the employee — but of course one never knows; and in this case, the Court’s rationale will be much more important than the disposition of the case.
