![]() One case that I’ve been following closely is Ricci v. There’s also the likelihood that that any 5–4 decision that has Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer in dissent will be hyped by the media. I don’t anticipate any genuine blockbuster rulings, though there’s certainly potential for the Court to continue to mess up areas of the law. The term, which will wrap up at the end of June 2009, strikes me as a rather quiet one, with the usual assortment of cases across a broad array of issues. What are the big issues facing the Supreme Court in the current term? In addition to clerking for Justice Scalia, he was a law clerk to Judge J. Whelan previously served on Capitol Hill as General Counsel to the U.S. In that capacity, he advised the White House Counsel’s Office, the Attorney General and other senior DOJ officials, and Departments and agencies throughout the executive branch on difficult and sensitive legal questions. Whelan was the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. From just before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, until joining EPPC in 2004, Mr. Whelan, a lawyer and a former law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, has served in positions of responsibility in all three branches of the federal government. ![]() Edward Whelan III, President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. The University Bookman is pleased to present this exclusive online interview with M. ![]()
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