Tony Mauro reports on the Blog of the Legal Times that Chief Justice John Roberts is scheduled to give “what has been billed as a major speech on the First Amendment” at Syracuse University. Included in the post are quotes from scholars on what First Amendment-related questions they would like answered by the Chief Justice. In a speech at the University of Montana Thursday, the Chief Justice compared lawyers to fire fighters, the Associated Press and the Missoulian both report.
At FindLaw, Vikram David Amar discusses what he sees as the growing Supreme Court tendency “to grant review in cases raising ‘jurisdictional’ questions.”
The Wall Street Journal has a link to a video interview with Jeffrey Toobin on his new book, The Nine.
Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights co-counsel argued the appeal of Rasul v. Rumsfeld, “the first case filed by Guantanamo detainees seeking to hold U.S. officials accountable for the physical, psychological, and religious torture and abuse at the offshore prison camp,” before a three-judge panel. Read an updated CCR synopsis here.
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