Legal Commentary

Monday News Update

By Jeralyn

I'm headed to court for the afternoon, but here's some things to check out:

The Supreme Court won't hear the Uighur detainee case, but at least it vacated the lower court's opinion finding a federal judge can't order the release of the Uighur detainees into the U.S.

Also today, Enron's Jeff Skilling lawyers are arguing about the constitutionality of the "theft by honest services" statute and denial of a change of venue from Houston. White Collar Crime Blog is following closely.

Tomorrow, the Court hears argument on whether states can enact gun laws that restrict a person's right to possess handguns. The gun case is Otis McDonald v. City of Chicago.

There's also a case in which the court may further restrict Miranda rights. And the Court refused review today in U.S. v. McCane, a Tenth Circuit case that held Leon's good faith exception applied to vehicle searches that violated Arizona v. Gant. The petition was considered at the court's private conference.

In non-criminal law news, Think Progress reports John McCain may propose an amendment to ban changes to Medicare through reconciliation.

This is another open thread, all topics welcome.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on March 01, 2010 (boomark / email).