Posted 9:19 AM by Gene

I am not a VOLOKHHEAD and can't write 100,000-word treatises on legal matters, but the TWXSTERS have just run a preview of five (or rather seven) Nine-Finger cases and this emboldens me enough to offer five predictions on nothing but a gut feeling and without having the slightest idea of what I am doing:

Salazar v. Buono
At issue: Whether the government can permit the display of a crucifix on public land as per the Establishment Clause.

Yes; the Fingers don't want to be viewed as the sort of atheists most people see them as.

Maryland v. Shatzer
At issue: The scope of the rights of police suspects, as given in the court's landmark 1966 decision, Miranda v. Arizona.

From my microscopic knowledge the Fingers have been tweaking Miranda for years in favor of law enforcement, and I doubt that will change.

Graham v. Florida / Sullivan v. Florida
At issue: Whether life imprisonment for juveniles on nonhomicide charges constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.

No; the Fingers have a way of occasionally doing things that seem almost inhumane, especially when confronting the maniacs in states like Texas where you can get life for littering.

National Rifle Association v. Chicago / McDonald v. Chicago
At issue: Second Amendment rights to gun ownership.

Sorry, but I think the Second Amendment exists. Chicago loses.

American Needle v. National Football League
At issue: Whether sporting leagues should be exempt from antitrust regulations.

The Fingers will NEVER bring down America's Profit Center!