Round-Up

Justice Alito participated in a conversation with DC attorney Carter Phillips at Pepperdine Law School, answering questions about the justices’ preparation for cases, oral arguments and the Court’s shrinking docket. Tony Mauro has an article for the Legal Times on Alito’s reflections. The talk is also available from the C-Span website to watch online.

On Tuesday, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that terminally ill patients do not have a constitutional right to use medicines not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The New York Times article, here, and the LA Times article, here, bring up interesting questions presented in the case.