Round-Up

The latest “Supreme Court Today” from Aaron Streett of Baker Botts, recapping this week’s decisions and grants, can be found here. Eric Turkewitz weighs in on the Philip Morris decision and Justice Stevens’s dissent here.

Today, the Washington Post has this editorial on the Guantanamo detainees’ habeas rights. In today’s Texas Observer, Anthony Zurcher has this article on the Texas death penalty cases (via How Appealing).

At Sentencing Law and Policy, Doug Berman has this post about the Berger case, which is slated for discussion at today’s conference. Here, Kent Scheidegger of Crime & Consequences discusses Fry v. Pliler, which will be argued before the Court on March 20. At Volokh Conspiracy, Ilya Somin has this post entitled “Clarity v. Unanimity in Supreme Court Decisions.”

Streaming video of the American Constitution Society press brief featuring various perspectives on Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation and its broader implications can be accessed here at the ACS website.

Here, Jess Bravin writes about Justice Breyer’s upcoming appearance on NPR’s “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me!” at the WSJ.com Washington Wire blog.

The full set of petitioner-side briefs in NAHB v. Defenders of Wildlife, which is set for consolidated argument with EPA v. Defenders of Wildlife on April 17, can now be found here (scroll down).

Finally, Rick Hasen shares the amicus brief he co-authored in the Wisconsin Right to Life case, being heard by the Supreme Court on April 25, in this post at Election Law Blog.