Monday, January 11, 2010

Opinions tomorrow and Wednesday

The Supreme Court has announced that it will hand down opinions both tomorrow (Tuesday) and Wednesday. It seems likely that the Court will decide Citizens United v. FEC, the case involving federal laws limiting campaign spending (specifically, in this case, "Hillary, the Movie").

Citizens United
is the case that the Court held over from last Term and was reargued in September. If oral argument is any indication, the justices appear poised to invalidate a raft of restrictions on campaign spending by corporations and labor unions, ushering in a whole new (some have termed "gilded") era in campaign finance.

Thus far, the Court has only handed down four opinions in cases argued this Term.