Supreme Court Readies For New Term
The Supreme Court is gearing up for its new term, which begins next week, and Technology Daily's PM Edition will have a preview story. But during my weekend review of the cases that have been granted certiorari, I couldn’t help longing for last fall.
The court's previous calendar had a number of cases that were closely watched by the high-tech community, thus requiring me to be in the historic chamber pretty frequently. They included KSR v. Teleflex, Microsoft v. AT&T, MedImmune v. Genentech, Bell Atlantic v. Twombly and Credit Suisse Securities v. Billing (Read my round-up here).
But the upcoming term looks like it could be a sleepier one for us (with a few exceptions that you can read about in my coverage). I'm banking on the court's Monday closed-door conference where new cases could be added to the docket. A few more tech-centric ones would be appreciated.
Alas, there are some compelling cases outside of my bailiwick. The court plans to consider whether Guantanamo prisoners may bring habeas actions in U.S. civilian courts; whether the White House can direct Texas courts to engage in additional review of a murder conviction; and whether a judge can diverge from U.S. sentencing guidelines' rules for crack and powder cocaine cases.
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