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The bill for Heller: $3.5 million

Jason Harrow
August 25, 2008 22:06

Lawyers who won the historic Second Amendment gun rights case in the Supreme Court — District of Columbia v. Heller (07-290) — on Monday asked a federal judge to award them more than $3.5 million for attorneys’ fees, plus $13,215.30 for expenses and court costs.  In a motion and ...

The Week Ahead

Jason Harrow
July 13, 2008 18:28

The Court is in recess for the summer. The opening conference for next term will take place September 29. Oral arguments will resume October 6. In Guantanamo habeas litigation, the Justice Department is scheduled to file on Monday a brief in the case of Hamdan v. Gates (District Court docket...

Ohio seeks to block voter challenge ruling

Jason Harrow
October 17, 2008 02:08

NOTE: Updated 9:40 p.m. with link to one more brief Ohio’s top election official has asked the Supreme Court to put on hold a federal judge’s order requiring steps to verify the voter registration rolls across the state, arguing that the order had “destabilized” the election ...

Court clears way for Davis execution

Jason Harrow
October 15, 2008 01:46

UPDATED 12:42 p.m. Refusing to decide whether the death penalty is barred for an individual with a strong claim of innocence, the Supreme Court on Tuesday turned aside the appeal of Georgia death-row inmate Troy Anthony Davis.  The order clears the way for the state to set a new execution date; a ...

Court grants two cases

Jason Harrow
November 03, 2008 16:46

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether a state prison inmate may seek access to DNA evidence for use in pursuing a claim of innocence, by filing a civil rights claim after his trial is over.  In a second grant, the Court said it would decide whether a seaman may sue for punitive d...

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Today at the Supreme Court | 1.5.09

Jason Harrow
January 05, 2009 04:36

No oral arguments are scheduled and no non-capital orders are expected to be issued from the Court today. The Justices will next convene for their private conference on Friday. Oral arguments will resume January 12.No oral arguments are scheduled and no non-capital orders are expected to be issued...

Does Boumediene reach to Bagram?

Jason Harrow
January 05, 2009 03:35

Since June, and the Supreme Court’s ruling in Boumediene v. Bush, it has been clear that foreign nationals held as terrorism suspects by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have a constitutional right to challenge their captivity in U.S. courts in Washington.  On Tuesday, a federal ...

The Week Ahead

Jason Harrow
January 03, 2009 18:51

No oral arguments are scheduled at the Court this week. The Justices will hold a private conference on Friday, orders from which could be released that afternoon. To view our list of petition’s to watch at Friday’s conference, click here. The petitioner’s merits brief is due...

Academic Roundup

Jason Harrow
January 03, 2009 04:03

For those that haven’t already read or heard about it, Fourth Circuit Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson has written an essay forthcoming in the Virginia Law Review entitled “Of Guns, Abortion, and the Unraveling of the Rule of Law,” see here.  In the piece, Judge Wilkinson compares ...

New Filing in Level 3 Communications v. City of St. Louis

Jason Harrow
January 02, 2009 22:24

On Wednesday, we filed this reply brief for our petition in Level 3 Communications v. City of St. Louis.  The petition is here and the brief in opposition is available here. The reply brief also appends an amicus brief we filed contemporaneously in a related case Sprint v. County of San Diego.  S...