Archive for June 28th, 2007
…kinda. It will actually turn 101 as soon as I publish this post. The last post, the one about stare decisis was actually the 100th post on the DailyWrit. Its not a terribly big deal, but I think we’ve come a long way in the 3 months that the DailyWrit has been online. I purchased […]
The In Vogue Word Of The Day: Stare Decisis
1 Comment Published by Kedar June 28th, 2007 in Republicans, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court, Constitutional LawPolitical hypocrisy is nothing new. A week ago, Barack Obama was speaking to religious organization about speakers who speak to religious organizations. When I search for ‘hypocritical’ in my RSS reader, I get a dozen hits ranging from an otherwise unimportant Bishop claiming that Giuliani’s stance on abortion is hypocritical to a ThinkProgress article calling […]
Farewell, 2006 Term Case Index
0 Comments Published by Kedar June 28th, 2007 in Abortion, Current EventsI made one final update to the 2006 Term Case Index. I’ll be sad to see it go but I have big plans for it’s 2007 incarnation. I very recently (this morning) calculated the number of days between oral arguments and a decision being handed down in each of this year’s cases. I think a […]
Farewell, 2006 Term
1 Comment Published by Kedar June 28th, 2007 in Court Procedure, Supreme Court, Constitutional LawThe court today wrapped up the 2006 term. You can see how all of the cases came down at the 2006 Term Case Index.
This term was marked by rulings in only 75 cases, a relatively low number in comparison to past years. here are stats from the last few years:
Term
Rulings
2006
75
2005
87
2004
80
2003
80
2002
84
2001
85
2000
87
The Court also issued an […]
Its The Final Countdown
0 Comments Published by Kedar June 28th, 2007 in Clarence Thomas, Court Procedure, Affirmative Action, John Paul Stevens, Anthony Kennedy, Supreme Court, Constitutional LawThe court’s last cases are being handed down as I type this. The conservative block of the court wins the Leegin, a case revolving around vertical integration and pricing laws. The court’s liberal block won a death penalty case that now upholds laws that restrict the use of the death penalty on people who have […]
Election Tracker Update and Why We Dropped Rasmussen
2 Comments Published by James June 28th, 2007 in Presidential Election 2008, AdministrativeI am floored by the quality of the Election 2008 Tracker, which is not only comprehensive and fair, but also more accessible than similar trackers on other blogs. I am, however, disappointed that the aggregate numbers include Rasmussen – which often “finds” that arbitrary candidates have impossibly high support (ie: Thompson in the GOP field, […]
Updated Presidential Polls
0 Comments Published by Kedar June 28th, 2007 in Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, John McCain, Barack Obama, Politics, Presidential Election 2008, AdministrativeI uploaded both the Republican and Democratic polls over at the Election 2008 Tracker. Try clicking on the charts to see a bigger view, I’m testing a new script that should add a pretty neat effect to the pictures when you click on them.
In the democrat’s poll, you can see a clear-cut frontrunner (Clinton) and […]
