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Two New Cases Granted Today: For those of us who wanted something other than our Thanksgiving turkey to ponder over the holiday the U.S. Supreme Court has delivered. Today, the Court granted review in two new cases. One case involves immigration law, and the other tests whether a former service member whose military court conviction had become final may challenge the verdict within the military appeals court system. Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog has this post on the grants. A link to the Orders List can be found here. In the second case, United States v. Denedo, the Justice Department has asked the Court to review the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces authority to force a Navy appeals court to review Denedo's case. According to Denniston's report, the Justice Department is arguing that the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces has overstepped the bounds set by Congress...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on November 25, 2008 (boomark / email).