Archive for June 25th, 2008
Law blogs (or blawgs, if you’re a silly person) are going absolutely nuts over the impending Heller decision. Over at Volokh, the everawesome (and possibly evergreen) Professor Kerr has a post telling everyone to come back tomorrow and one commenter asks:
On what day of the term was Brown v. Board of Education released? This would […]
Initial Thoughts on Kennedy v. Louisiana
0 Comments Published by Kedar June 25th, 2008 in Death Penalty, Supreme CourtJustice Kennedy’s majority in Kennedy v. Louisiana is an interesting, albeit frustrating one. He sets out to splatter every argument he can against the wall in the hopes that at least a few will stick. Whether or not he succeeds is up to the reader and more importantly, future generations of Supreme Court Justices who […]
Supreme Court Hands Down Key Opinions
0 Comments Published by Kedar June 25th, 2008 in Supreme Court, Constitutional LawThe Supreme Court today handed down a series opinions on the penultimate day of the term. Major thanks should go to SCOTUSblog for getting these opinions online minutes after the Court announces them. I’ll eventually change the links to redirect to the Supreme Court’s website, but thanks go to SCOTUSblog for letting us read the […]
Supreme Court Set to Hand Down Remaining Opinions
0 Comments Published by Kedar June 25th, 2008 in Supreme Court, Constitutional LawThe Court is widely expected to hand down the remaining seven opinions from this term today and either tomorrow or Monday. Among the cases to watch are Kennedy v. Louisiana (death penalty for child rape) and DC v. Heller (DC Gun ban.)
Justice Scalia is the only Justice remaining from the March sitting who has […]
