The Week Ahead

The Court will hold its opening conference of the upcoming term on Monday, where, in addition to the hundreds of petitions that have amassed during the summer recess, the Court will consider the petition for rehearing in Kennedy v. Louisiana (07-343). To view our list of petitions to watch at Monday’s conference, click here.

The Justices are expected to release orders from the conference later in the week. We will provide coverage of all developments, as well as a copy of the orders list, via our Live Blog. (Note: this post originally reported that orders would be released Tuesday at 10 a.m. Eastern.)

Supreme Court preview panels will be hosted on Thursday by Legal Momentum, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Federalist Society. For details on the panels, click here.

No merits briefs for petitioners are due this week. Merits briefs for respondents are due Monday in Chambers v. United States (06-11206), Entergy Corp. v. EPA (07-588) (and consolidated cases), Arizona v. Johnson (07-1122), Bell v. Kelly (07-1223), and Haywood v. Drown (07-10374), and Tuesday in Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Williams (07-1216) and Knowles v. Mirzayance (07-1315). (Links direct to case pages on SCOTUSwiki.)