Supreme Court to Review Solomon Amendment Case:

The Supreme Court has granted certiorari to review the Third Circuit’s decision striking down the Solomon Amendment. The decision to take the case isn’t surprising (see my prediction after reading the cert petition here). Gazing into my crystal ball, I predict that the Court will reverse. I don’t think it will be close, either: maybe 9-0, with a concurrence or two. But of course these things are tough to predict. (To go further out on a limb, I also predict that a new Chief Justice will be presiding by the time the case is argued next fall and that the new Chief will assign the majority opinion to him/herself.)