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Louisiana Seeks Review of Kennedy v. Louisiana: As noted in the News Scan below, Louisiana has moved for rehearing in this case. SCOTUSblog has a post from Lyle Denniston on Louisiana's request. The Petition for Rehearing, was filed late this afternoon. According to Denniston the Petition asks the Court to grant the petition for rehearing and cites to Kennedy's omission of any mention of a federal law for the execution of a child rapist. Since petitions for rehearing are rarely granted, the Petition suggests that if the Court denies rehearing, it should at least seek comments from the U.S. Solicitor General. NYT Watch: Jim Lindgren at Volokh Conspiracy has this post reporting on New York Times' decision to reject an editorial, written by John McCain, in response to last week's Obama editorial...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on July 21, 2008 (boomark / email).