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Constitutional Law

Oct. 5, 2010

A New Court Term, Sossamon v. Texas And the Case That Did Not Bark

The Supreme Court is poised to decide some fascinating cases that may well yield closely-divided votes, by John C. Eastman, former dean of Chapman University School of Law.

By John C. Eastman

The first Monday in October. Start of a new term by the U.S. Supreme Court, and time for us tea-leaf readers to offer some predictions about what the coming term will hold. Justice Elena Kagan, late of the Harvard Law School, takes her seat, and although she will have to recuse herself from most of the cases involving the U.S. government given her recent role as Solicitor General, her presence marks the first time that three women will ...

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