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It's the first Monday in October. Can we pay some attention to the Supreme Court?

althouse.blogspot.com » 2008 » October » 6th » It's the first Monday in October. Can we pay some attention to the Supreme Court?

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SCOTUSblog, as always, will be paying attention. In fact, they'll be live-blogging the release of the orders list here, and here are short descriptions of the 3 cases that are up for oral argument this morning. The most interesting one is Altria Group v. Good, a nice federalism/preemption case about suing cigarette manufacturers for those devious "light" cigarettes. (They measure low in tar and … Continue Reading »

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