It looks like there may only be one slot left for a case to be argued this term.

In its March 7, 2008 order list, the […]

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Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Hall Street Associates, L.L.C. v. Mattel, Inc., a case under the Federal Arbitration Act, holding 6-3 that parties cannot […]

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In the past few days, the Wall Street Journal has run two separate opinion pieces about judicial elections — one from the left and one […]

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Last week, the Court had a conference but no (formal) orders list. ((As last week illustrates, of course, the lack of a scheduled order list […]

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After trickling out just one briefing request on Wednesday [here] and another on Thursday [here], the Court quietly issued fifteen more briefing requests sometime on […]

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Yesterday, the Court issued a stay in the Attorney General’s pending mandamus action about Texas’s child-support system. In re Office of the Attorney General, […]

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An email from the Court this morning has confirmed that there will be no regular order list issued today (Good Friday).

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Some say you’re supposed to try to jazz up your issues to interest the Court. Whatever the value of that advice, it’s not always […]

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