“Challenges to State Voter ID Laws Signal Our Need for a Ninth Justice”
David Gans for the NLJ.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
Is Sen. McCain Saying Republicans Will Block a Hillary Clinton Nominee for Supreme Court?
CNN:
Later in the interview, McCain used the opportunity to make the case for fellow Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, who is locked in a close battle to retain his Senate seat in Pennsylvania. McCain promised that Republicans would be “united… Continue reading
“The Supreme Court Is Being Hypocritical”
Gabe Roth NYT oped:
So went another case in what I call the court’s self-referential docket. Each year, the justices hear a handful of suits that have parallels with how they act as stewards of their institution. But instead of… Continue reading
A Republican Electoral College Hail Mary, and the Current State of the Campaign
By all accounts, Donald Trump’s Republican presidential campaign is imploding, with the latest revelations from a leaked 2005 “Access Hollywood” taping revealing not only Trump’s disrespect for women but a bragging about what amounts to a sexual assault. (Why… Continue reading
“A Crisis of Representation”
McGann, Smith, Latner, and Keena at Balkinization:
In our new book Gerrymandering in America: The House of Representatives, The Supreme Court and the Future of Popular Sovereignty, we look at an ongoing crisis in the way the House… Continue reading
“Voting for Change: The Supreme Court’s Election Law Cases After Scalia”
I have written this article for the October issue of the OC Lawyer magazine. A snippet:
With the Supreme Court gaining unknown new personnel, in the upcoming decade we are likely to see the Court split on ideological and partisan… Continue reading
WI Prosecutors’ Statement on #JohnDoe Cert Denial
Here.
What a shame.
“US Supreme Court rejects John Doe appeal”
Wisconsin State Journal:
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by three Democratic district attorneys seeking to revive a criminal investigation into Gov. Scott Walker’s recall campaign — effectively ending the legal wrangling over the four-year-old probe.
The… Continue reading
“Textualism and Stare Decisis”
New from Anita Krishnakumar:
On the surface, textualism and the doctrine of statutory stare decisis seem to have much in common — both are rule-bound and emphasize predictability and stability in the law, legislative supremacy, the need to limit… Continue reading
“Most Republicans Continue to Disapprove of Supreme Court”
Gallup:
67% of Republicans say the court is too liberal
67% of Democrats approve of the court
39% of Americans say court’s ideology is “about right”
“How Mitch McConnell Won the Supreme Court Fight”
Joan Biskupic for CNN.
Quote of the Day
Would it be unseemly to suggest that only Justice Scalia’s death has preserved democracy in North Carolina?
There, I just did.
Linda Greenhouse, NYT, Pondering the Supreme Court’s Future
Toobin on the Supreme Court After Scalia
Here, with quotes on Pam Karlan and Heather Gerken on Citizens United and voting rights.