Will SCOTUS address Claiborne‘s fate on Monday?
On Monday morning, the Supreme Court will release orders and probably a few new opinions. Before last week, I thought there was a chance that we might decisions in the Claiborne and Rita reasonableness case as early as this Monday (although wiser folks than me had predicted the middle of June for these critical rulings on Booker‘s meaning and impact on federal sentencing).
However, the death of Mario Claiborne (details here) would seem to ensure that SCOTUS will need more time to sort out these matters. Thus, I think the chief issues now are whether the Supreme Court’s orders on Monday will include some formal action on the Claiborne case and will provide some indication on how the Justices plan to handle these matters going forward. Any predictions, dear readers?
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