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Torres-Spelliscy on Gill.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
Friday’s First Amendment Law Review Symposium on Fake News to Be Webcast
Great event coming up, but you’ve got to sign up by Wed. to watch. Details.
I’ll be presenting my paper, Cheap Speech and What It Has Done (to American Democracy).
“Does Chief Justice Roberts fear gobbledygook? Or is that just baloney?”
Nice Bob Barnes at WaPo.
Collins and Skover on: The Judge: 26 Machiavellian Lessons
Yesterday I had the pleasure of hearing Ron Collins and David Skover speak at an event at the 9th Circuit (moderated by Judge Kozinski) on their new book, The Judge: 26 Machiavellian Lessons. (Judge Kozinski reviewed the book… Continue reading
Abrams v. Werthheimer on Whether Citizens United Was a “Disaster”
Fred Wertheimer published an op-ed in the Huffington Post, “Citizens United Has Been a Disaster for the Country.” It rebuts claims made by Floyd Abrams in The Wall Street Journal in an op-ed entitled “The Citizens United … Continue reading
Fowler: “The Negative Effect Fallacy, Gobbledygook, and the Use of Quantitative Evidence in the Supreme Court”
The following is a guest post from Anthony Fowler:
The Negative Effect Fallacy, Gobbledygook, and the Use of Quantitative Evidence in the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has a mixed track record when it comes to quantitative evidence, and that… Continue reading
Texas, with Paul Clement on Brief, Files SCOTUS Jurisdictional Statement in Congressional Redistricting Case
“The Supreme Court is Allergic to Math”
538, heavy on the redistricting cases.
“How the Supreme Court Can Soothe U.S. Political Strife: Curbing gerrymandering would encourage politicians to reach across the partisan aisle.”
Al Hunt for Bloomberg View.
UCI Law SCOTUS Preview Featuring Professors Chacon, Litman, Weinstein and Me (Talking Gil and Husted)
Conference at Harvard November 8th: Gerrymandering, Redistricting, and American Democracy
Announcement via email:
On November 8, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation is holding a day-long conference on “Gerrymandering, Redistricting, and American Democracy”. As the Supreme Court considers the most important case on political gerrymandering in a generation,… Continue reading
Sociologists Respond to Chief Justice Roberts’ Gill Comment About “Sociological Gobbledygook”
Ouch:
Dear Chief Justice John Roberts:
I write today on behalf of the American Sociological Association, the nation’s largest scholarly professional association of sociologists, to respond to a comment you made during oral arguments on Tuesday, October 3rd for the… Continue reading
Nick Stephanopoulos Answers the Justices’ Questions About Measuring Partisan Gerrymandering
“Justice Kennedy, The First Amendment, and Partisan Gerrymandering”
David Gans blogs at Take Care.