Linkfest: Supreme Court Updates
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Just a quick post to highlight several announcements by the Supreme Court whether to hear appeals of cases previously highlighted on this blog:
--The Alabama sex toy ban. The schizophrenic lower court holding -- that one has a right to own and use a sex toy, but not to buy or sell one -- apparently did not concern the high court, which denied certiorari. Wickard lives, as apparently so does Bowers. State courts, meanwhile, are deeply divided on the question. I predicted the denial of review here.
--Public library as church. The Ninth Circuit had correctly held that a public library can, indeed must, decline requests to use its facilities for worship meetings (i.e., to use a taxpayer-funded library as a church). The Supreme Court denied cert. Previous post here.
--Crack/powder sentencing disparity. The Court today heard a challenge to the infamous 100:1 crack/powder sentencing disparity, widely considered to be unfair and possibly racist. Previous post here.
--War on civil liberties. The Court refused to consolidate the ongoing appeal by Salim Hamdan into another habeas-stripping case, Boumediene, that the Court has already agreed to hear. This simply means that Hamdan's appeal will remain on hold in a lower court pending the decision in Boumediene. Most recent post here.
--The Alabama sex toy ban. The schizophrenic lower court holding -- that one has a right to own and use a sex toy, but not to buy or sell one -- apparently did not concern the high court, which denied certiorari. Wickard lives, as apparently so does Bowers. State courts, meanwhile, are deeply divided on the question. I predicted the denial of review here.
--Public library as church. The Ninth Circuit had correctly held that a public library can, indeed must, decline requests to use its facilities for worship meetings (i.e., to use a taxpayer-funded library as a church). The Supreme Court denied cert. Previous post here.
--Crack/powder sentencing disparity. The Court today heard a challenge to the infamous 100:1 crack/powder sentencing disparity, widely considered to be unfair and possibly racist. Previous post here.
--War on civil liberties. The Court refused to consolidate the ongoing appeal by Salim Hamdan into another habeas-stripping case, Boumediene, that the Court has already agreed to hear. This simply means that Hamdan's appeal will remain on hold in a lower court pending the decision in Boumediene. Most recent post here.
Posted by Kip on
2 October 2007
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