Round-Up

Brent Kendall of the Daily Journal offers this article on Justice Thomas’ jurisprudence and his noteworthy opinions this term, highlighting the importance of history for Justice Thomas’ decisions.

The 9th Circuit is wary of the “repeated efforts” to split the circuit, reports Pamela MacLean of The National Law Journal. The Circuit has been criticized for its high number of “extreme” decisions eventually reversed by the Supreme Court.

The DailyWrit has this post on Senator Arlen Specter’s recent announcement that he wants to reexamine Chief Justice Roberts’ and Justice Alito’s confirmation testimony. “Regardless of what he ‘finds,'” writes the DailyWrit, “there isn’t a whole lot a Senator can do to a Supreme Court Justice save for pushing for impeachment.”

Justice Kennedy will speak at the opening of the Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change in Salzburg, Austria. Read the press release detailing the new University of Maryland initiative, here.