The D.C. Circuit Court’s deeply-set refusal to let  federal judges oversee government decisions on which detainees may or may not leave Guantanamo Bay has now reached the longest-running effort to keep a detainee from being sent to another country over his protest.   In a one-page order released late Thursday, the Circuit Court dismissed outright the case [...]... Read More »»»

In a rare commentary by a member of the Supreme Court on Senate hearings for a potential colleague, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday sought to correct the views of members of the Senate Judiciary Committee who recently suggested that foreign law has no place in America’s legal principles.   In a speech at American University [...]... Read More »»»

The Justice Department on Thursday joined the state of Arizona in urging a federal appeals court to put review of the state’s new alien control law on a fast track.  The Department, however, asked for a different briefing schedule than the state had proposed.  The U.S. response is here. The state earlier Thursday had filed [...]... Read More »»»

Coverage continues of Senate Democrats’ failure to block a Republican filibuster of the DISCLOSE Act, a legislative response to Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. At ACSblog, Jeffrey D. Clements discusses the filibuster of the Act, lamenting that “a minority of Senators representing a fraction of the American people killed even the modest response of [...]... Read More »»»

Yesterday Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine became the fourth Republican senator to announce that she would vote in favor of Elena Kagan’s confirmation to the Court.  Brief coverage of Snowe’s announcement is available at the Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire blog, the Ninth Justice, the Boston Globe, and CQ Politics.  The editorial board of the [...]... Read More »»»

The constitutional fight over Arizona’s new alien control law appeared Wednesday to be headed toward higher courts after a federal judge in that state blocked four significant parts of the law from going into effect as scheduled early Thursday.  Enforcement of a number of other sections was allowed — partly because the U.S. government did [...]... Read More »»»

A book released last week, In Brown’s Wake, examines the legacies of Brown v. Board of Education in perhaps unexpected places: in struggles for the integration of non-racial identity groups, in social science, and abroad.  The author, Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow, kindly agreed to an interview on the book for SCOTUSblog.The transcript of the first [...]... Read More »»»

The blog is still accepting intern applications through Saturday, August 7.   See instructions and requirements for applying in this post.To answer a frequently asked question, the internships are not restricted to law students.  If you are not currently enrolled in any academic program, please send your most recent academic transcript.... Read More »»»

Yesterday Senate Democrats were unable to break a Republican filibuster on the DISCLOSE Act, a legislative response to the Court’s recent decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that would require more disclosure in campaign spending. The bill, passed by the House last month, is now unlikely to clear the Senate in time to [...]... Read More »»»

Setting the stage for a new  challenge to the U.S. government’s use of a prison in Afghanistan to hold detainees who had been captured outside that country, the D.C. Circuit Court has told lawyers for three prisoners there that they may offer new evidence to a federal judge in a renewed test of their captivity.  [...]... Read More »»»

Yesterday and today, a number of commentators responded to Adam Liptak’s weekend piece on the Roberts Court (which Erin covered in yesterday’s round-up.)  ACSBlog recaps the piece, while Ed Whelan of the NRO’s Bench Memos blog criticizes Liptak’s article, which he characterizes as “likely to mislead the reader.”  At Cato @ Liberty, Ilya Shapiro also analyzes Liptak’s article – [...]... Read More »»»

The Supreme Court on Monday released the first of its summer orders lists, made up of routine actions, including denials of stays or bail and denials of rehearing petitions.  It is expected there will be two more such lists during the Court’s summer recess.  The new Term begins Oct. 4.... Read More »»»

This post is a round-up of weekend news and commentary about the Court.  A round-up of coverage from today will appear tomorrow morning.Adam Liptak has two new features on the Court in yesterday’s New York Times.  In the longer one, he reports on a recent analysis by political scientists who conduct empirical research on the [...]... Read More »»»

The Court is in recess for the summer, and is expected to return on October 4 for the first oral argument of October Term 2010.The reply brief is due Wednesday, July 28 in Los Angeles County v. Humphries (09-350).  The respondents’ briefs are due Friday, July 30 in both Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. [...]... Read More »»»

A full-time position is coming available beginning in August: Firm Manager of Howe & Russell / Special Assistant to Tom Goldstein / Staff Member of SCOTUSblog.com.To apply, please send a cover letter, résumé, transcript (either official or unofficial), and unedited writing sample (of approximately five pages) to achristensen@howerussell.com and aschlossman@akingump.com as soon as possible.We will accept [...]... Read More »»»