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Kennedy v. Louisiana Round-Up

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At SCOTUS Blog, Ben Winograd has posted "The Week Ahead."On Wednesday, the state of Louisiana is to file a brief of up to 4,500 words expressing its views on the merits of the issue raised its petition for rehearing in Kennedy v. Louisiana (07-343), the opinion striking down use of the death penalty for child rape. The Court?s briefing order is available here, and a post containing the briefs filed last week by Kennedy and the United States is available here.Former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice and Attorney General Peter Verniero has the OpEd, "To maintain its integrity, the court must own up," in Sunday's Newark Star-Ledger. There is something almost sacrosanct about recitations of law contained in decisions of the U...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 22, 2008 (boomark / email).