November Cases of Note

November brings cases involving state secrets and whistleblowers, voting rights protections against racial gerrymandering, presidential powers in the context of Israel/Palestine, securities fraud, and rights of mortgage borrowers. Monday, November 3 November arguments begin with a case that will be viewed as an Israel-Palestine issue, although the legal question is one of separation of powers.  Long-standing…

Marriage Equality Cert. Denial

This is what I get for following the crowd and saying that a marriage case at the Court was likely this term…  Lots of great coverage of this morning’s big news, but there also seems to be some confusion about what this means for states that are within those Circuits…