The Solicitor General Weighs In at Last (UPDATED) • 2011 10 18 SolicitorGeneralUpdate

CASE RESULTS DEPEND UPON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO EACH CASE AND THE RESULTS OBTAINED IN THIS CASE (OR GENERAL INFORMATION WE REPORT ABOUT THE CASE) DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT A SIMILAR RESULT IN ANY FUTURE CASE UNDERTAKEN BY OUR LAWYERS.

A quick update on the Masciandaro v. U.S. case that we are petitioning to the Supreme Court. (We’ve written about this case before.)

The government has just filed its brief in opposition, which you can read for yourself:

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Our reply is due in 10 days. If you have any ideas, feel free to post them in the comments.

UPDATE: This case is getting some attention. SCOTUSBlog, a site that specializes in commentary on the Supreme Court, has published a blog post about the case.