The USA Today ran a story today on Roderick Jackson and his Title IX case. The case will be heard by the Supreme Court on November 30.

Jackson's case got a boost when the Bush administration (somewhat surprisingly) filed an amicus brief supporting his arguments.

Jackson will be represented by Walter Dellinger in front of the Court. Dellinger is one of the best lawyers in the country -- he's currently representing Martha Stewart, and if Kerry had won, he might well have been our next Supreme Court justice. At oral argument on the 30th, Dellinger, a former Solicitor General, will split time with the current SG. It could be the biggest mismatch at orals since Lawrence v. Texas, when Paul Smith mopped up the marble floor with a hapless Texas prosecutor.

All of which means: the city of Birmingham should be worried. Very, very worried.