The U.S. Supreme Court released its orders list from Friday's conference this morning. No criminal cases were granted. One of the Confrontation Clause cases we were following, Cage v. California, was denied. Prior post on Cage is here.

Daily Writ tallies humor in oral argument here. They count the number of times "(Laughter)" appears in the transcript following a justice's question or statement. In order: Scalia, Roberts, Stevens, Breyer, Souter, Kennedy, and Alito. Goose eggs for Thomas and Ginsburg.