“Academic highlight: Hyatt is latest example of textualist-originalist justices’ willingness to overturn precedent”
Really sharp Anita Krishnakumar piece at SCOTUSBlog.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Let Businesses Donate to Candidates”
Bloomberg:
The U.S. Supreme Court declined an opportunity to give businesses broader rights to contribute money to political candidates and causes.The justices, without comment Monday, refused to question a Massachusetts law that bars for-profit corporations from making campaign donations.
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“Supreme Court requests response from Ohio and Michigan gerrymander challengers”
Roll Call:
The Supreme Court on Monday gave the challengers of congressional maps in Ohio and Michigan until May 20 to respond to requests from state officials to stop court-ordered redrawing of district lines. Lower courts found the maps… Continue reading
“Ohio, Michigan legislators seek partisan-gerrymandering stays”
SCOTUSBlog:
At the end of March, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in two cases challenging federal congressional districts in North Carolina and Maryland as the product of unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering. A key question in both cases was whether courts… Continue reading
Steve Mazie on the Ohio Partisan Gerrymandering Ruling
Here at The Economist.
Today’s Must-Read: Linda Greenhouse: “The Supreme Court, the Census Case and the Truth: Will the justices be the administration’s enablers or form a firewall against its lies?”
Linda Greenhouse NYT column:
But if the plaintiff states are going to lose, it seems to me that it matters greatly how they lose. What was depressing and even scary about the April 23 argument was the disingenuous lengths to… Continue reading
“In Michigan & Ohio, Justice Delayed Could Mean Justice Denied; Is There A Better Way?”
Mike Parsons:
In the past two weeks, federal district courts have struck down partisan gerrymanders in both Michigan and Ohio. As a matter of legal doctrine, these decisions are important. As Nick Stephanopoulos states, they reveal an emerging … Continue reading
“Lower Courts Are Lobbying SCOTUS to Rein In Partisan Gerrymandering”
Mark Joseph Stern for Slate.
Breaking: Unanimous 3-Judge Court, in 300-Page Opinion, Strikes Ohio Congressional Districts as Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymanders
You can find the opinion at this link. From the introduction:
We join the other federal courts that have held partisan gerrymandering unconstitutional and developed substantially similar standards for adjudicating such claims. We are convinced by the evidence that… Continue reading
“Are states equipped to tackle partisan gerrymandering on their own?”
Steve Mazie for the Economist.
Yet the difficulty of replicating Michigan’s transition in most other states is a hard reality. And the Wolverine state’s success is allowing some justices to believe that the courts can sit back and let democracy… Continue reading
“Textualism for Realists:” Michigan Law Review Issue Includes Review of My Justice Scalia Book by Ian Samuel
You can find the 23-page review of my book, The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption, at this link. Although Samuel has much to disagree with, the former Scalia clerk says this: “Hasen’s book… Continue reading
“GOP appeals Michigan gerrymandering ruling to Supreme Court”
Detroit News:
Michigan legislative and congressional Republicans are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a blockbuster ruling that the state’s political maps must be redrawn because of an unconstitutional gerrymander of “historical proportions.” Attorneys for GOP lawmakers on Tuesday… Continue reading
“Will the Supreme Court Go Nativist?”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy on the census litigation.