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25 Jan Our policies

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26 Mar Analysis: Competency and the criminal trial

Posted at 13:35h in Everything Else by Lyle Denniston 8 Comments

With Justice Antonin Scalia energetically and repeatedly making the case for a simple rule, the Supreme Court on Wednesday showed a reluctance to add a new layer of complexity to criminal trials when a person with a significant mental defect wants to act as his...

25 Sep Argument preview: US v. Santos

Posted at 16:01h in Everything Else by Scotus Staff 0 Comments

Argument Preview By Amy Howe Does the term â€œproceedsâ€ in 18 U.S.C. 1956(a)(1), which prohibits money laundering, refer to the gross receipts of illegal activity or only the profits of that activity? On October 3, 2007, the Supreme Court will consider this question in No....

19 Apr News Round Up: More on Carhart & Planned Parenthood

Posted at 12:52h in Everything Else by Gretchen Sund 2 Comments

Linda Greenhouse of the New York Times reports here on the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. Also in the Times, Robin Toner has this article about the impact of the ruling on the 2008 presidential election. In addition, the...

03 Nov Argument Preview: Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Massachusetts

Posted at 20:19h in Everything Else by Jason Harrow 0 Comments

The following argument preview was written by Erik Zimmerman of the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic. On Monday, November 6, the Court will hear argument in Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Massachusetts et al.No. 05-996). The question presented in this case is whether a bankruptcy...