Check out Learning Curves at the Supreme Court by Andy Siegel at PrawfsBlawg. A tiny taste:
Yesterday's oral arguments at the Supreme Court are the first of the young term to excite much interest. Though much can be said about the substance of the arguments--particularly California v. Cunningham, the latest in the Apprendi-Blakely-Booker line of cases--what I found most interesting about the arguments was the degree to which they reminded us of the steepness of the learning curves in the early years of the Roberts Court.
After a decade-long period in which the membership of the Court remained static, last year's two new appointees have rippled the waters. Before things settle down to predictability at the Court, three distinct groups of individuals are going to have to do some quick studying.
