Greetings, Court Fans! We’re back with more outstanding opinions from the end of the Term, leading off with yesterday’s ruling in Panetti v. Quarterman (06-6407), where a 5-4 majority led by Justice Kennedy blocked, for the time being, the execution...
Greetings, Court fans! Before officially recessing for two weeks, the Court surprised us with two more opinions. We’ll try to be brief . . . . In Rousey v. Jacoway, No. 03-1407, a unanimous Court (Thomas, J.) held that IRA assets may be exempted from a...
Greetings Court fans! The Court issued 5 opinions on Thursday, leaving 7 to be issued this coming week. As you probably know by now, they issued their decision in the Cheney energy task force case, but they also issued a major Sixth Amendment opinion that...
Greetings, Court Fans! This Term the race to author the first opinion (and historically it has been a race, with former Justice O’Connor always vying for the win) turned into a short sprint, as the Chief took the crown last week with his five-Justice majority in...
Greetings, Court fans! There were two opinions yesterday, and one more today (all unanimous!), but what everyone’s really talking about is yesterday’s oral argument in Marshall v. Marshall, concerning the scope of the “probate exception”...
