Blog Round-Up – Monday, May 1st

In New York City on July 10 and 11th, the American Conference Institute will host: The Supreme Court Business Docket: Lessons from the 2005-06 Term. Information on the conference can be found here. The event is being co-chaired by Mark I. Levy from Kilpatrick Stockton LLP and Andrew J. Pincus from Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP. Speakers will include: Miguel Estrada, Maureen E. Mahoney, Carter G. Phillips, Kathleen Sullivan and many others.

Here is the Wall Street Journal Law Blog with a post titled, “Sandra Day O’Connor: A Big Fan of the New Chief.”

Here Sentencing Law & Policy rounds-up news on the Supreme Court’s recent capital cases.

Here is PrawfsBlawg with a post by Steve Vladeck on the jurisprudence of Justice Stevens and federal jurisdiction.

Here is the Volokh Conspiracy on Anna Nicole Smith (AKA Vickie Lynn Marshall)’s victory in Marshall v. Marshall.

Here are Concurring Opinions, Orin Kerr, and ACSBlog on Justice Alito’s first opinion.