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Bryan 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 […]

Primary 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, […]

The 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 an […]

The 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 questions […]

Supreme 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.