At Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has this commentary on Supreme Court clerks’ $200,000 signing bonuses. Matt Bodie has these comments on Lithwick’s piece at PrawfsBlawg; Peter Lattman has this post at the WSJ.com Law Blog.
In today’s issue of the Legal Times, Tony Mauro reports here on the D.C. Circuit’s ruling to strike down the gun-control law based on a reading that the Second Amendment confers an individual right to bear arms. At Balkinization, Jack Balkin has this post on the decision in Parker v. District of Columbia and the chances of review by the Supreme Court; Dan Filler has these thoughts at Concurring Opinions.
Also in today’s Legal Times, Andrew B. Coan has this editorial on Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation and the tension between the First Amendment’s establishment clause and Article III standing. In addition, Timothy J. Dowling has this commentary making the case for Yale Law Professor Akhil Reed Amar as the next Supreme Court nominee and Stuart Streichler weighs in here on the Dred Scott decision.
Clarence Page had this editorial about Justice Thomas’s interview with BusinessWeek and his views on affirmative action in yesterday’s Chicago Tribune (registration req’d). On Saturday, the New York Times had this editorial on the state secrets doctrine and the Court’s role in limiting its use.
Over the weekend, AP writer Ben Walker had this article on Justice Alito’s first pitch in the Tampa Bay Devil Rays exhibition game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday.
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