Category Archives: legislation and legislatures
Filibuster Reform Coming?
NY Times: Democrats Poised to Limit Filibusters, Angering GOP
Ezra Klein: Mitch McConnell’s problem: How can he threaten to obstruct the Senate even more?
Jonathan Bernstein: Why Senate Reform is Needed
“Vital Statistics on Congress” Now Online
Kudos to Brookings and AEI for this. Free to boot!
“Democrats Plan Challenge to G.O.P.’s Filibuster Use”
NYT:
In a move that could bring to a head six months of smoldering tensions over a Republican blockade of certain presidential nominees, Senate Democrats are preparing to force confirmation votes on a series of President Obama’s most contentious… Continue reading
Congressional response to Shelby County
The Hill discusses early steps on the “John Lewis Voting Rights Act.”
And CNN has a noncommittal statement on Congressional action from House Judiciary Chair Bob Goodlatte.
Congressional plans in the aftermath of Shelby County
TPM takes a look at Congressional plans … and finds that they, too, “remain[ ] a mystery.”
“Reading Congressional Tea Leaves from the 2006 Renewal of the Voting Rights Act”
Sarah Binder digs into the voting patterns on the 2006 VRA renewal process to forecast Congressional action going forward.
And The Post’s The Fix discusses the difficult political road for Obama.
BREAKING NEWS: DOMA struck down, Prop 8 case dismissed on standing
DOMA has been struck down as unconstitutional. Prop 8 case from California dismissed on standing grounds (initiative proponents have no cognizable injury distinct from the general population). I haven’t yet read thoroughly, but SCOTUSblog reports that neither finds a constitutional… Continue reading
An unusual filibuster
Those of you who went to bed early on the east coast to get a bit of rest for SCOTUS missed a wild evening in Texas. Redistricting is apparently not the only topic that prompts unusual legislative procedure in Austin.
Supreme Court Will Hear Recess Appointments Case
Amidst all the news on cases decided (and not decided) today, the Supreme Court voted to grant certiorari on NLRB v. Canning, reviewing the DC Circuit’s controversial opinion on recess appointments issued earlier this year.
“What’s in a name? That which we call the ‘Hastert Rule’ by any other name would ….”
Sarah Binder channels her inner Shakespeare.
“Common Cause Urges Federal Appeals Court To Declare Filibuster Unconstitutional”
See this press release.
“Supreme Court decision in Berry v. Crawford posted”
The Indiana Law Blog on the case of the fleeing legislators.