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Debating Christian Legal Society v. Martinez

Post author:Richard M. Esenberg
Post published:April 20, 2010
Post category:Religion & Law U.S. Supreme Court

Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of making a quick visit to the University of San Diego Law School to engage in a debate on the case of Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, which was argued before the United States Supreme Court on Monday. The event was made possible by a grant from the Templeton Foundation and sponsored by the USD chapters of the Federalist Society, Christian Legal Society and PrideLaw.

I was on the ground for less than 24 hours, but San Diego is beautiful (although I think I picked the one day in the last ten years when the weather in Milwaukee in April was just as nice) and the USD campus is exquisite. My opponent (Professor Shaun Martin), the moderator (Dean Michael Kelley) and the student hosts were gracious. The lunch at La Gran Terraza was very good. What about the debate?

Supreme Court Grants Cert in USERRA Cat Paw’s Case

Post author:Paul M. Secunda
Post published:April 19, 2010
Post category:Labor & Employment Law U.S. Supreme Court

Ross Runkel’s LawMemo has news of the U.S. Supreme Court granting cert. in a USERRA cat paw case. You may recall that the Court previously took cert. in another cat’s paw case in 2007 in the Title VII context (BCI Coca-Cola Bottling v. EEOC), but that case was never heard by the Court because it settled.

Here is the 411 from Ross on Staub v. Proctor Hospital (US Supreme Ct cert granted 04/19/2010):

Who Will Replace Justice Stevens?

Post author:Edward A. Fallone
Post published:April 12, 2010
Post category:Judges & Judicial Process U.S. Supreme Court

The legal community is still digesting the news that Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will retire at the end of this term. The New York Times recently ran a profile of Justice Stevens consisting of the recollections of his former law clerks. Here is the link, in case you missed it. Justice Stevens was never considered one of the intellectual heavyweights of the Supreme Court, but I predict that we will come to miss his consistent, and traditional (some might say quaint), view of the limited role that the judiciary should play in crafting the laws that we live by.

Speaking of predictions, it is time to weigh in with your prognostications. Who will President Obama select to replace Justice Stevens. I will go first.