Category Archives: Supreme Court
“Justice Scalia and Campaign Finance: A Puzzle”
Bauer blogs….with a cliffhanger!
“Scalia’s Death Throws North Carolina’s Upcoming Election Into Confusion”
Alice Ollstein writes for Think Progress.
Talking to Madeline Brand About Campaign Finance Post-Scalia, Plutocrats United
Listen to the interview on KCRW’s Press Play:
The fallout from Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death is being felt on the campaign trail. One of the most controversial decisions he backed was Citizens United, the 2010 case that… Continue reading
“Erwin Chemerinsky and Rick Hasen on the Passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and the Future of the Supreme Court”
Erwin and I had a really interesting discussion on the UCI Law Talks podcast.
“Without Scalia, Supreme Court Could Tie in Three Major Cases”
Plaintiffs File Response in #SCOTUS to Emergency Stay in NC Redistricting Case
You can read the 60-page response here. The plaintiffs do not address the Purcell principle question until the very end of the brief, where they say:
Finally, Purcell v. Gonzalez, 549 U.S. 1 (2006), does not, as Applicants suggest,… Continue reading
“The Sherlock Holmes Canon”
Anita Krishnakumar has written this article for the George Washington Law Review. Here is the abstract:
Many of the Supreme Court’s statutory interpretation cases infer meaning from Congress’s failure to comment in the legislative record. Colorfully referred to as the… Continue reading
Transparency Problems at #SCOTUS: Scalia Was “Considered Too Weak” For Surgery But We Didn’t Find Out Until After His Death
From AP:
Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara told The Associated Press on Monday she spoke with Scalia’s doctor on the day he was found dead in his room at a remote Texas ranch. She said the doctor told her… Continue reading
“Symposium – Free Speech Under Fire: The Future of the First Amendment”
Can’t wait for this Brooklyn Law School event next Friday, Feb. 26:
Friday, February 26
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Brooklyn Law School
Subotnick Center
250 Joralemon St.
Brooklyn
RSVP by Wednesday, February 24
www.brooklaw.edu/freespeech-symposium
Review the Agenda.
About… Continue reading
Will President Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee Be Confirmed?
I’ve been getting this question a lot and thought I would share some thoughts.
I touched on this within hours of the announcement of Justice Scalia’s death in Justice Scalia’s Death and Implications for the 2016 Election, the Supreme Court … Continue reading
“Scalia’s Death Could Hurt Arizona’s Redistricting Supreme Court Fight”
“The Supreme Court Is the Most Important Issue in the 2016 Election”
Ari Berman:
Healthcare, gay marriage, voting rights, affirmative action, reproductive rights, labor rights, immigration, climate change.
These are some of the crucial issues that have come before the Supreme Court in recent years or will be heard this year.… Continue reading
Weekend Writing on Scalia, Etc.
Over the long and significant holiday weekend, I had the following pieces that may be of interest:
Justice Scalia’s Death and Implications for the 2016 Election, the Supreme Court and the Nation
Donald Trump Likely Has Standing To Contest Cruz’s … Continue reading