Round-Up

On Sunday, Oliver W. Hill, the attorney for one of the five cases eventually decided under Brown v. Board of Education, passed away. Read the AP article on his life and work, here.

Here is a letter sent to President Bush from Senator Arlen Specter, asking the Administration not to file an amicus brief in favor of the defendants in Stoneridge Investment Partners v. Scientific Atlanta, a case scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court next term. Ken Connor weighs in at Townhall.com on “dishonest business practices,” and discusses the significance of the Stoneridge case for investors hurt in the Enron scandal.

Howard Bashman offers this piece of advice to Chief Justice Roberts: “more work, less play.”

Rick Hasen posts these thoughts on the Wisconsin Right to Life decision and wonders how lower courts ought to interpret Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito’s principal opinion.