Round-Up
on Feb 27, 2007 at 4:10 pm
The AP has this article on today’s argument in Winkelman. In the National Law Journal, Marcia Coyle reports here at Law.com on Hein v. Freedom From Religion, which will be heard before the Court tomorrow. At the Justice Talking blog, Doug Kmiec of Pepperdine Law also also has his thoughts on Hein here.
In today’s Washington Post, Robert Barnes reports here on yesterday’s argument in Scott v. Harris and the justices’ reaction to the videotape of the police chase in question; USA Today’s Joan Biskupic has this article; the AP reports here; Tony Mauro of the Legal Times has this article at Law.com; David G. Savage of the LA Times reports here; and Linda Greenhouse has this article on the case, which examines the use of deadly police force, in the New York Times.
Also in today’s New York Times, Greenhouse reports here on the Court’s decision not to hear the Berger sentencing case; James Vicini of Reuters has this article on the Court’s refusal to hear the case; and Doug Berman continues the discussion here at the Sentencing Law and Policy.
Joseph Goldstein of the New York Sun has this article on the special education tuition appeal that the Court agreed to hear yesterday. At the First Amendment Center, Tony Mauro reports here on another case the Court agreed to hear yesterday considering the constitutionality of the Washington “Top 2” primary (via Election Law Blog).
At the WSJ.com Law Blog, Ben Winograd has this post on Jean-Claude André, the lawyer who represented the Winkelmans, parents of a 9-year-old autistic boy, at the Court this morning. Tony Mauro has this post at The BLT: The Blog of the Legal Times on Justice Breyer’s newest accessory. Finally, Steve Jakubowski has this post on the Marrama decision at the Bankruptcy Litigation Blog.
UPDATE: Also at The BLT, T.R. Goldman has this post about an interview with Jan Crawford Greenburg in which she speculates on future Bush appointments to the Supreme Court, should the opportunity arise.