Supreme Court cases related to CJ so far this term

The new term begins tomorrow, October 6, 2008. The Court will hear
oral arguments in these two cases on Tuesday:

• Herring v. United States (07-513), on whether courts must suppress evidence seized during an arrest made as a result of faulty information provided by another law enforcement agency;
• Arizona v. Gant (07-542), on whether police must show a threat to their safety or the preservation of evidence to conduct a warrantless search of a car whose occupant was recently arrested;