Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in McComb v. Crehan, (Docket No. 08-1566, Nov. 16, 2009) (Order List.) In the case, the 9th Circuit upheld the action of Clark County, Nevada school officials in cutting off the microphone at high school graduation ceremonies when the class valedictorian departed from her approved speech and began reading from a version that contained religious and Biblical references. (See prior posting.) Courthouse News Service reports on the Court's action. [Thanks to Scott Mange for the lead.]
Also yesterday in Holy See v. Doe, (Docket No. 09-1, Nov. 16, 2009) (Order List), the Supreme Court invited the Solicitor General to file a brief expressing the views of the United States on whether certiorari should be granted. In the case, the 9th Circuit held that the Vatican is not shielded by the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act from a respondeat superior claim against it by a victim of a priest's sexual abuse. (See prior posting.) SCOTUS Blog discusses the Court's action.
