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SCOTUS Today

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

Not much of interest in criminal law in the Supreme Court today. The Court decided an original jurisdiction case, New Jersey v. Delaware, involving a long-running dispute between those states regarding jurisdiction over the Delaware River. The only point of interest for us is that Justice Ginsburg wrote the opinion. See sudoku update, below. In the orders list, the Court granted two civil First Amendment cases. No hot button criminal cases are in the denied list. Update: There is a criminal-related case that probably qualifies as "hot button." The Court turned down the Justice Department's certiorari petition regarding return of the materials seized in a search of Congressman William Jefferson's office. Robert Barnes reports here for the WaPo...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on March 31, 2008 (boomark / email).