There is no timetable required of her. Last time, it was just about 1 month from oral arguments, but those were also concurrently held with the confirmation hearing - here it was all spread out...
Here's a repost from GB I had on it. ---------------
Last POR confirmation hearings were Dec 2nd through 7th, 2010. Final day was for oral closing statements.
Opinion/Ruling came out Friday Jan 7th, 2011
Ok, one month from oral closing statements. ---------------
Current POR Confirmation Hearings were July 13th-21st, 2011.
Current POR Written Closing Arguments deadline was August 10th, 2011.
And Oral Closing Arguments hearing was August 24th, 2011.
So, if 1 month is what it was before, then pick your date
1 month from July 21st? -- aka Aug 21st? {Oops, we're past that} 1 month from August 10th? -- Sep 10th? {That's today} 1 month from August 24th? -- Sept 24th? {Another 2ish weeks, and nearly 2 months from the end of confirmation hearings} ---------------
or as El Juez suggests, it may be more time than last time...
El Juez wrote (reposted with permission):
PERSONALLY, I'm not in the "where's the ruling" crowd. As El Juez, a sitting judge, notes -- and we all should also know -- this case has a boatload of issues in it -- all intertwined -- and while we have been analyzing things on a day-to-day basis, she's gotta write a legal justification, quote law, etc, etc opinion and ruling. And it simply takes a huge amount of time.