Does anyone think Justice Sotomayor is going to join forces with the more liberal justices on these cases? Given her background as a prosecutor, I tend to doubt it.

Reuters has this summary of the cases to be decided this term.

Due to a change in the schedule, tomorrow's oral arguments will be:

Maryland v. Shatzer

Does Edwards v. Arizona prohibit the re-interrogation of a suspect, who has invoked his Fifth Amendment rights to counsel and to remain silent, after a substantial amount of time has elapsed between the invocation of rights and the subsequent interrogation?

and Mohawk Industries v. Carpenter.

Whether a party has the right to an immediate appeal under the collateral order doctrine, as set forth in Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949), from a district court’s order finding waiver of the attorney-client privilege and compelling production of privileged materials.

Regarding Maryland v. Shatzer, here's the Amicus Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers that argues:

This Court should reaffirm the bright-line rule of Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477 (1981), and hold that when a suspect invokes his Fifth Amendment right to counsel, the police may not reinitiate interrogation without making counsel available to the suspect, regardless of any alleged break in custody or lapse in time since the invocation of this right.

At an absolute minimum, this Court should not permit police to reinitiate interrogation of a suspect concerning the very same offense as to which he invoked the right to counsel, especially where the suspect is incarcerated.

Update: Law Prof Douglas Berman of Sentencing Law and Policy has compiled a list of the term's cases most likely to affect sentencing.