Editor's Note :

Editor's Note :

On Monday, December 9, we expect additional orders from the December 6 Conference at 9:30 a.m. On Tuesday, December 10, we expect one or more opinions in argued cases at 10:00 a.m. We will begin live blogging at 9:45.

Breaking News :

Breaking News :

The Court has granted one new case from its December 6 Conference: Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International.

Ben Cheng Petitions to Watch

Posted Tue, September 4th, 2012 11:21 pm

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Petition of the day

Posted Tue, September 4th, 2012 11:21 pm by Ben Cheng

The petition of the day is:

Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the United States House of Representatives v. Gill

Docket: 12-13
Issue(s): (1) Whether Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, 1 U.S.C. § 7, violates the equal protection component of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment; and (2) whether the court below erred by inventing and applying to Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act a previously unknown standard of equal protection review.

Certiorari stage documents:

Posted in Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives v. Gill, Cases in the Pipeline

Recommended Citation: Ben Cheng, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Sep. 4, 2012, 11:21 PM), http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/09/petition-of-the-day-327/

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On Monday the Court issued additional orders from the November 26 Conference. Lyle's post on those orders is here. On Tuesday, the Court issued opinions in two cases, the archived live blog is here. This is the first week of the Court’s December sitting, and the Justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments Monday through Wednesday. The December hearing list is here.
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