The Supreme Court on Friday released this list of counsel arguing in cases in the public sitting starting next Monday, Jan. Read the original here:  List of arguing lawyers

The D.C. Circuit Court, filling in some of the legal blanks left by the Supreme Court on the president’s power to detain terrorist suspects, on Tuesday upheld the broadest view the government has taken of that authority, and ruled that the power is not limited in any way by international law, … More:  Wide detention power upheld

A case testing the immunity of prosecutors to damage lawsuits for obtaining and using false testimony ended in the Supreme Court Monday, with the two sides agreeing to dismiss it, without specifying reasons.  The case was Pottawattamie County, et al., v. McGhee, et al. Original post:  False testimony case dismissed

A strategic choice that terrorism conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui made in a move to save his life — pleading guilty to six charges that he had a role in the 9/11 Al Qaeda attacks on the U.S. — worked against him on Monday as a federal appeals court rejected all of his pleas for … Go here to see the ...

The Supreme Court on Monday took two steps to alter its oral argument schedules this Term, moving up to an earlier date its hearing on a key constitutional challenge to a federal mail fraud law, and adding new time in another case to let the government argue a middle-ground position … More: Two argument changes set

The Supreme Court refused on Monday to hear a major new case involving a claim of torture by four Britons while they were held at Guantanamo Bay, it wiped out the last remaining challenge to the deal that saved the automaker Chrysler, and it granted three new cases. Finishing its public activity … Read more here: Torture, Chrysler ...

A federal judge ruled on Thursday that the Defense Department was in contempt of court, for failing to videotape testimony given by a Guantanamo Bay detainee by teleconference at a court hearing in June.  U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler wanted the taping to be done, she wrote in a contempt ruling, … Here is the original post:  Pentagon ...

The Court has not decided the political speech case Citizens United.  It has issued the following opinions: Mohawk Industries v. Carpenter (08-678):  Affirmed.  Justice Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court; Justice Thomas joined in part and filed a separate opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Held: Disclosure … Read the original:  Today’s Opinions

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether it is unconstitutional for a state-run college to exclude from official status a student religious group that limits its officers and voting members to those who accept its religious beliefs.  The case involves a student group at a public law school, … See the original post here: UPDATED: ...

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to clarify when federal courts are barred from ruling on challenges to state tax laws. This was one of three business-related cases the Justices added to their docket for rulings this Term.  In another order, the Court refused to allow a Guantanamo detainee to … More: Court grants 3 cases, turns ...