ScotusBlog reports that Louisiana has filed a motion for rehearing in the Supreme Court respecting its decision  detremining it was unconstitutional to impose the death penalty for conviction of the crime of  child rape:The rehearing petition, citing an omission in the Court's opinion of any mention of a federal law on that issue, was filed late Monday afternoon. The petition in Kennedy v. Louisisna (07-343) can be found here.Noting that the Court "almost never grants petitions for rehearing," the state's filing said this was "the rare exception." It cited an 1875 ruling (Ambler v. Whipple), saying that an omission "material to the decision of the case" makes "a strong appeal for reargument."The petition said that either the rehearing should be granted, or the Court should "first seek the views" of the U.S. Solicitor General. Earlier, after the discovery of the omitted statute from the Court's opinion, the Solicitor General's...(Read Full Post)