This week, the Court has a private conference scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. Any new decisions, denials, or grants should be released with the Court’s regular Friday order list.

The Court’s next oral-argument sitting is scheduled for April 22nd at Texas Tech School of Law.

Articles from the past week:

• “Snippets and Links 4-13-2008”

• “Does a Diverse Court Attract More Followers?”

• “Order List of 4-11-2008”

• “New Texas SG” Jim Ho (formerly of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Dallas) is named to take over for Ted Cruz at Texas’s SG.

• “Hires at the Court; One Opening Remains”

• “The Proposed Appellate Rule Changes and Oral Argument” Some discussion of the new rules governing oral argument in the intermediate courts of appeals.

• “Cases in the News 4-8-2008”