“Alabama will appeal rejection of congressional map to U.S. Supreme Court”
Al.com reports.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
Breaking: Unanimous 3-Judge Federal Court Holds Alabama Defied Supreme Court in Allen v. Milligan, Must Draw Another Minority Opportunity Congressional District
You can find the unanimous, 217-page opinion at this link. The Court castigated Alabama both for its failure to obey the Supreme Court’s order and for its delay:
We have reached these conclusions only after conducting an exhaustive analysis of… Continue reading
“Kennedy’s Supreme Court legacy is being erased, in part by past clerks”
Deep dive by Bob Barnes for WaPo:
Other changes attributable to Kennedy’s departure have drawn less attention. For years, Kennedy was alone among the conservative justices in believing extreme partisan gerrymandering —drawing legislative districts to favor the political party in… Continue reading
Announcing the Fall Webinar Series for UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project (Each event free but registration required)
Very excited to announce this lineup for the Safeguarding Democracy Project’s Fall 2023 webinar series (each event free but registration required):
September 5, 12pm-1pm – The Trump Indictments, the 2024 Elections, and Public Peace
Webinar
Ruth Ben-Ghiat (NYU)
Benjamin … Continue reading
“The Moore the Merrier: How Moore v. Harper’s Complete Repudiation of the Independent State Legislature (ISL) Theory is Happy News for the Court, the Country and Commentators”
New Vik Amar piece, forthcoming in the Cato Supreme Court Review. Here is the abstract:
This Essay thoroughly analyzes the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court Moore v. Harper decision, examines how the ruling reflects (laudable) doctrinal movement by the various Justices,… Continue reading
“Biden administration tells US Supreme Court to review social media laws”
Reuters:
President Joe Biden’s administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a dispute over Republican-backed laws in Texas and Florida that would undercut efforts by social media companies to curb content deemed objectionable on their platforms.
The states… Continue reading
Alabama Attorney General Praises State Legislature for Defying the Supreme Court in Not Drawing District Required by the Voting Rights Act
Alabama Daily News:
The Supreme Court upheld a ruling by a lower state court that ordered Alabama lawmakers to adopt a new map that either created two majority-Black districts, or “something quite close” to it. Instead, the Legislature approved a… Continue reading
ELB Book Corner: Mary Zielger: “Abortion and Overcoming Popular Will”
I am pleased to welcome Mary Ziegler to the ELB Book Corner, author of the new book, Dollars for Life: The Anti-Abortion Movement and the Fall of the Republican Establishment (Yale, 2022). Here is the final of three posts:… Continue reading
ELB Book Corner: Mary Zielger: “Transforming the Republican Party”
I am pleased to welcome Mary Ziegler to the ELB Book Corner, author of the new book, Dollars for Life: The Anti-Abortion Movement and the Fall of the Republican Establishment (Yale, 2022). Here is the second of three posts:… Continue reading
ELB Book Corner: Mary Zielger: “A New Look at the Path to Dobbs”
I am pleased to welcome Mary Ziegler to the ELB Book Corner, author of the new book, Dollars for Life: The Anti-Abortion Movement and the Fall of the Republican Establishment (Yale, 2022). Here is the first of three posts:… Continue reading
“Trump Election Charges Set Up Clash of Lies Versus Free Speech”
NYT:
Already, Mr. Trump’s lawyers and allies are setting out the early stages of a legal strategy to counter the accusations, saying that Mr. Trump’s First Amendment rights are under attack. They say Mr. Trump had every right to… Continue reading
Torres-Spelliscy: “Why Trump’s First Amendment Defense is Likely to Fail: SCOTUS Won’t Buy It.”
The following is a guest post from Ciara Torres-Spelliscy:
Donald Trump may wish to invoke the First Amendment to unravel the Special Counsel’s case against him related to January 6th. It won’t work. Here’s the short explanation of why… Continue reading
Brandon Johnson: “Election Aggrandizement”
The following is a guest post from Brandon Johnson, who begins as an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska on August 14:
The Supreme Court received praise for two election law decisions issued in the waning weeks of its… Continue reading
“Alabama Is Defying the Supreme Court on Voting Rights”
Atlantic: “In an echo of mid-century southern defiance of school desegregation, the Yellowhammer State’s Republican-controlled legislature defied the conservative-dominated Court’s directive to redraw its congressional map with an additional Black-majority district.”