Justices revise part of Texas redistricting  —  Court also rules state legislators may draw new maps as often as they like … WASHINGTON - A fractured Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that states are free to redraw congressional districts whenever they want, largely blessing Tom DeLay's …

Hamdan Summary — And HUGE News  —  As I predicted below, the Court held that Congress had, by statute, required that the commissions comply with the laws of war — and held further that these commissions do not (for various reasons).  —  More importantly, the Court held that Common Article 3 …

A Governing Philosophy Rebuffed  —  Ruling Emphasizes Constitutional Boundaries  —  For five years, President Bush waged war as he saw fit.  If intelligence officers needed to eavesdrop on overseas telephone calls without warrants, he authorized it.  If the military wanted to hold terrorism suspects without trial, he let it.

Guest Blogger: Hamdan and the Youngstown Framework  —  By Aziz Huq, Associate Counsel of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law  —  It is not too early to mark the Supreme Court's decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld as a landmark.  Nor is it too early to wonder what shadow this monument will cast.

Justices, 5-3, Broadly Reject Bush Plan to Try Detainees  —  WASHINGTON, June 29 — The Supreme Court on Thursday repudiated the Bush administration's plan to put Guantánamo detainees on trial before military commissions, ruling broadly that the commissions were unauthorized by federal statute and violated international law.

Reading Skimming Hamdan  —  Lawyers read.  Ex-lawyers skim.  Ex-lawyers for whom legal writing is apt to trigger PTSD flashbacks skim lightly.  Even skimming lightly, though, it's easy to see that Marty Lederman got it right.  —  Here's the opinion; save it, open it up, and follow along.

The significance of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld  —  (updated below)  —  The Supreme Court today, by a 5-3 decision (.pdf) in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, held that the Bush administration's military commissions at Guantanamo (a) exceed the president's legal authorization given by Congress and (b) …

Cutting Through the Hyperbole on Hamdan  —  With all the confusion, rushed judgments and overheated rhetoric created by the U.S. Supreme Court's Hamdan complex decision, it's perhaps best to first look at what it does not do.  —  It does not:  —  • Satisfy the supposed demands of …

Prediction: Bush & Congress Will Override the Supreme Court's Gitmo Decision (updated)  —  The news networks are proclaiming that the Supreme Court handed the President a "strong rebuke" in the Hamdan case by declaring the proposed Gitmo trials are illegal under U.S. law and international Geneva conventions.