Here’s an interesting development (which I learned from Jonathan Adler at the Volokh Conspiracy): The Solicitor General’s office has joined the state of Louisiana’s request that the Supreme Court rehear Kennedy v. Louisiana, the 5-4 decision last month in which the Court ruled that imposition of the death penalty for the crime of raping a child violates the Eighth Amendment. Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog provides a summary of the SG’s filing.