According to the Associated Press the Supreme Court is meeting this morning to decide some “major cases still unresolved [that] include the ban on handguns in Washington, D.C., whether people convicted of raping children can be given the death penalty and the $2.5 billion punitive damages judgment against Exxon Mobil Corp. for the Exxon Valdez disaster.”

On the Net (UPDATE): EXXON SHIPPING CO. v. BAKER: Supreme Court did not apply a constitutional standard in Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker