Exciting Monday Morning News

Some people anxiously await the start of their favorite television series. Others can't wait for the beginning of a sports season - baseball, football, you name it. I don't really follow either. Here's what made my Monday morning: the realization that the 2007 Supreme Court audio has been released. I've been checking on and off for the last month, knowing it was coming, and today my diligence paid off. While I'm partial to Jeff Fisher arguments (and am listening to Kennedy v. Louisiana as I type), the 2007 term had a number of interesting arguments on criminal procedural issues. The 2008 term looks to be busy as well, with the Court taking on a number of Fourth Amendment cases and a further examination of the scope of the confrontation right in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts. Like all sports and TV series fans, today's rush of contentment and excitement will inevitably fade into a dry spell in the time following these arguments but preceding next year's release. In the meantime, I'm savoring each one. :)