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Harbison v. Bell

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SCOTUS Blog has a preview of today's oral argument in Harbison v. Bell.  All the briefing is available here on ScotusWiki.  The transcript of the oral argument should be available here, at the Supreme Court's website, before the end of the day.Here's an excerpt from Kristina Moore's preview:At 1 p.m. today, the Court will hear argument in Harbison v. Bell (07-8521), involving the right of prisoners to have federally funded counsel during state clemency proceedings. Dana Hasen of the Knoxville, Tenn., defender?s office will argue for the petitioner, and William Jay of the Solicitor General?s office will argue as amicus curiae in support of the judgment below. In Harbison v. Bell, the Court will consider two questions:  (1) whether 18 U...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 12, 2009 (boomark / email).