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Easy come, easy go. Just a week after hearing oral argument in Madigan v. Levin (12-872), the Court issued a one-line opinion dismissing the writ of cert as improvidently granted – an event foreshadowed during oral argument last week. On the merits, the case addressed a circuit split over the remedies…
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We have just a quick update this week with two new cert grants and one invitation to the SG.
Yesterday, the Court agreed to hear Hall v. Florida (12-10882), an appeal from the Florida Supreme Court which asks “[w]hether the Florida scheme for identifying mentally retarded defendants in capital cases violates…
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The Court granted cert in three new cases this week, including Kiyamba v. Obama (08-1234), where the Court will consider whether the remaining Uighur Guantanamo Bay detainees, whom the government has deemed innocent of any wrongdoing, must be ordered released in the United States if no third-party country will take them…
