Archive for November 28th, 2007

When Can We Expect The First Substantive Opinion?

0 Comments Published by November 28th, 2007 in Constitutional Law, Court Procedure, Supreme Court

I can’t speak for anyone else, but I’m getting antsy waiting for the first substantive opinion (from an argued case) of the year. Its almost December now and the Court hasn’t released anything save for a 4-4 split ‘decision’ in Tom F. (here) and a clarification of a lower court misunderstanding arising from the 2005 [...]



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