Archive for February, 2008
Supreme Court Interviews
0 Comments Published by Kedar February 28th, 2008 in Justices and Judges, Supreme CourtBryan Garner from LawProse.com has posted interviews (here) with 8 of the 9 members of the Court (Justice Souter did not participate.) I haven’t listened to all of them yet, but they seem to be chock-full of information for Supreme Court junkies. I for one will be referring to the comments made in these videos [...]
A Theory of Decreasing Expectations
0 Comments Published by Yao Yao February 26th, 2008 in Barack Obama, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Presidential Election, TexasPrimary and caucus results are all about expectations. Candidates spend the weeks before an election day campaigning hard and attacking their opponents, but they suddenly hit the brakes about 48 hours before the vote and begin setting up low expectations for the results. The point of this move is to create the perception of success, [...]
Thoughts on Danforth
0 Comments Published by Kedar February 25th, 2008 in Constitutional Law, Sentencing, Supreme Court, Vintage SCOTUSThe Court released a slew of cases last week, five to be specific, and the vast majority of press coverage has been focused on Riegel v. Medtronics. Riegel isn’t bad, but the case that really drew my attention was Danforth v. Minnesota. Danforth first made news (within the overly excited blogosphere) when the Justices turn [...]
Supreme Court Extends DC’s Argument Time in Heller
0 Comments Published by Kedar February 25th, 2008 in Court Procedure, Supreme Court, Upcoming ArgumentsThe Supreme Court released an orders list today (here) and they accepted three new cases. Carcieri v. Kempthorne – Whether or not the federal government must afford Indian Tribes that are not officially recognized the same protections they offer officially recognized tribes. (Petition for Cert.) Arizona v. Gant – The Court accepted review on this [...]
Supreme Court Set To Reconvene
0 Comments Published by Kedar February 15th, 2008 in Administrative, Court Procedure, Supreme CourtSupreme Court news has been pretty dry for the past two weeks. The Supreme Court will begin hearing cases again on Tuesday and we can expect that it will release a few opinions in the upcoming week. Last year, the Court released five opinions during the third week in February.



