Court Watch: Raisins and Prairie Dogs

Troubling summary of "the raisin case" return for oral argument at SCOTUSBlog where the SG "tried repeatedly to emphasize the actual workings of the program, but there was no receptive audience for that." Justices seemed more concerned about the specter of some overbearing law, at least one in their minds. Meanwhile, interesting discussion of how the Endangered Species Act (here applied to prairie dogs) is a valid exercise of the Commerce Clause given the interstate economic effects involved. Also, back is an armed criminal case.