The Supreme Court will release its
final batch of decisions this morning at 10am eastern time. Among them are the famous (and closely-watched)
Grokster copyright infringement case and two cases on the
public display of the Ten Commandments.
And of course, there has been a lot of speculation that Chief Justice William Rehnquist will retire. I'm betting against it, but if it happens, it may very well happen today. What's your prediction?
Update [2005-6-27 11:31:21 by DavidNYC]: SCOTUS bars display of Ten Commandments in KY case (in courthouse) but permits display in TX case (on state capitol grounds). A hair-splitting O'Connor special. My mistake - the NYT confusingly called O'Connor the swing vote here, but it was actually Breyer, oddly enough.
Remands Grokster case. Note: This does not mean that Grokster is liable for copyright infringement, but rather that the case against the company can go to trial. (The suit had previously been thrown out on legal grounds by the court of appeals.)
Refuses to hear appeal from reporters Judy Miller and Matt Cooper in the Plame case. As far as I can tell, this means Miller & Cooper either talk or go to jail.
Says that cable companies do
not have to open their broadband lines to competitors. A lesser-watched decision, but a disappointing one nonetheless.