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October Oral Arguments: Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog reports the Supreme Court has released a new calendar for oral arguments in October. The new calendar can be found here. The revised sitting schedule has the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in Oregon v. Ice on October 14th at 1 p.m. The old calendar scheduled Ice for the following day. The case involves whether a judge's decision to implement consecutive sentences for separate crimes violated the defendant's right to a jury trial. CJLF wrote a brief in support of Oregon. Courts Cannot Hear Challenges to Conditions of Detainee Confinement or Challenges to Transfers: Lyle Denniston also has a post on today's decision from Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan. Judge Hogan has been responsible for overseeing some 200 Guantanamo Bay detainee cases...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on September 22, 2008 (boomark / email).