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SCOTUS plays foot(note)sie as it denies rehearing in Kennedy

By Douglas A. Berman

As I had expected (and had predicted here and elsewhere), the Supreme Court denied Louisiana petition for rehearing in the Kennedy child rape case.  Over at Sex Crimes, Corey has this effective post covering this ruling and the footnotes added to the main opinion and the dissent to address the previously overlooked military law that prompted the rehearing petition.  In addition, Justices Kennedy and Scalia wrote short opinions about the rehearing decision. I may comment more on this decision after I get a chance to consume the specifics and do some posting on the other action from the SCOTUS order list today.  Tony Mauro has this report on the ruling at The BLT, and SCOTUSblog more on all the action from One First Street today.continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 01, 2008 (boomark / email).