Author Archive | Jonathan H. Adler

The Supreme Court opens the 2008-09 term today. SCOTUSBlog has details on today’s Order List and oral arguments. For those who haven’t read enough OT2008 previews yet (e.g, WP, NYT, Legal Times), here’s the one I wrote for NRO.

President Bush will be in Cincinnati on Monday at a Federalist Society event on “The Presidency and the Courts” where he is scheduled to deliver an address. His speech will coincide with the opening of the Supreme Court’s 2008-09 term. Other parts of the program include a speech by former Attorney General Edwin Meese, and […]

Last week, the Ohio Supreme Court unanimously issued a writ of mandamus enjoining Scretary of State Jennifer Brunner from refusing absentee ballot applications on which applicants failed to check an unnecessary check box. The per curiam order is here, CPD coverage here, and links-n-stuff here.

The Wyoming chapter of the ACLU contends that the U.S. Forest Service has been harassing the annual gatherings of the “Rainbow Family” gatherings. Why would they do that? Haven’t they read Judge Dave and the Rainbow People.

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After Senator McCain announced that he would fire SEC Chair Chris Cox, many media outlets (wrongly) reported that the President lacks such authority. In fact, the President can remove the Chair of the Commission for cause, and may remove a Commissioner for cause. Nonetheless, the likes of Keith Olbermann mocked Senator McCain’s comments, even though […]

Maurice Mason was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of Robin Dennis in 1994. After exhausting his appeals, he filed a habeas corpus petition alleging, among other things, ineffective assistance of counsel. In 2003, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit remanded his case to the district court ordering an evidentiary […]

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit allowed Tyrone Hurt to file pro se appeals without paying fees, but no longer. In a per curiam opinion released yesterday, the court explained: Tyrone Hurt has filed numerous appeals without paying any filing fees. Finding Hurt abused the privilege of proceeding before this Court without […]

Despite prosecutors’ failure to disclose potentially exculpatory information in a timely fashion, Judge Emmett Sullivan will not dismiss the corruption charges against Senator Ted Stevens. “Although the court is persuaded there is a . . . violation, the court is not persuaded that dismissal of the indictment or mistrial is the appropriate remedy,” said U.S. […]

In a post-debate interview with Fox News’ Carl Cameron, Gov. Palin identifies Kennedy v. Louisiana, Kelo v. New London, and Exxon Shipping v. Baker as decisions (other than Roe v. Wade) with which she disagrees.

How will Homer Simpson vote? Here’s the answer:

Who won? Was it just a matter of expectations? What was the most significant/interesting/surprising comment or exchange? What will be remembered? What will be forgotten? Please remain civil.

I thought so. What do readers think?

Some have argued that deregulation of the financial services industry, and the 1999 Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act which repealed the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 in particular, caused or contributed to the current financial crisis. In a recent iterview, BuisnessWeek asked President Bill Clinton, who signed Gramm-Leach-Bliley into law, whether he shared that view. BW:Mr. President, in 1999 […]

The Legal Times reports: U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan suspended the trial of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens Thursday morning, after it was revealed in court that prosecutors withheld FBI records that could have aided in Stevens’ defense. The Republican senator’s lawyers at Williams & Connolly immediately called for Sullivan to dismiss the case. The records […]