Greetings, Court fans! The Court is working overtime to get those final opinions out – causing us to do the same. Here are the rest of the decisions from Monday in what was a mixed week for criminals. In Samson v. California (04-9728), the Court ruled 6-3 that the...
Greetings, Court fans! Here’s the second (and final) installment from Monday’s torrent of opinions. We’ll get right to it. In Deck v. Missouri (04-5293), the Court held (7-2) that the Constitution forbids the use of visible shackles...
Greetings, Court fans, and welcome to another season of Supreme Court Updates! A lot has happened since we last cluttered your inbox, most notably and sadly the untimely passing of Chief Justice Rehnquist and John Roberts’ re-nomination to the Court, this time...
Greetings, Court Fans! We’re barely a week into the new Term, and already we have our first ruling in an argued case – though the per curiam ruling in Board of Education of the City School District of New York v. Tom F. (06-637) itself offers very little of...
Greetings, Court fans! The Court hit us with one opinion Monday, two more on Tuesday and another two today, so we’ll break up the update this week to spare your eyes and get right to it. Northern Insurance Co. v. Chatham County (04-1618) brought a...
