Full Court Press to Get #SCOTUS to Take Up WI #JohnDoe Case (As It Should)
Lincoln Caplan in the New Yorker.
Billy Corriher at Think Progress.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“Justice Kennedy Laments ‘Hostile, Fractious’ U.S. Politics”
NLJ:
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy decried the current state of political discourse on Friday, telling an audience at the International Bar Association conference in Washington that the country’s divisions had reverberations around the globe.
“The verdict on freedom… Continue reading
“Texas Asks Supreme Court To Save Voter ID Law After Election”
AP:
Texas is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to restore its newly weakened voter ID law but not until after the November election.
Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the request Friday, two months after a federal appeals court ruled… Continue reading
“High Court Could Eye Wisconsin Campaign Finance Probe”
Bloomberg BNA:
U.S. Supreme Court intervention in a case dealing with possible campaign finance violations by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) remains “a long shot,” despite new evidence the governor was involved in a fundraising scheme involving undisclosed contributions during… Continue reading
Justice Kennedy’s Non-Comment to Lee Fang on How Citizens United Has Worked Out
Lee Fang buttonholed the Justice at what sounds like a conference, and you can listen to the brief exchange (before Fang asks if he’s being detained):
Fang: You wrote the Citizens United decision and the crux of that decision was… Continue reading
“Evenwel v. Abbott: Recent Developments at SCOTUS and Implications for Redistricting”
Upcoming CLE program with Jessica Ring Amunson.
“Is The Supreme Court Ever Actually Going To Be An Election Issue?”
Important Chris Geidner for BuzzFeed.
Last Sepember, I wrote: Why The Most Urgent Civil Rights Cause Of Our Time Is The Supreme Court Itself
“What Leaked John Doe Docs Reveal About WI Elections”
I spoke with WPR’s Central Time about the case and the potential for Supreme Court review. Listen.
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Clinton Might Not Renominate J. Garland for #SCOTUS But Would Not Ask Him to Withdraw
Bloomberg.
I’m still expecting Garland confirmation in lame duck if Clinton wins and Dems take the Senate.
Mr. Justice Peter Thiel? Watch Senate Republicans Nuke the Filibuster for #SCOTUS Nominees if Trump Elected President
Today’s headlines show a Trump presidency is now more likely, and that a President Trump has told Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel he will be nominated to the United States Supreme Court. Thiel has some anti-democratic views, especially about the… Continue reading
Will There Be an Investigation of the WI John Doe Leak?
From the same MJS article I earlier linked to:
“The public release of this John Doe evidence without court authorization is not merely a violation of the John Doe secrecy order; it is a crime under Wisconsin law,” Chisholm said.… Continue reading
“McDonnell and Anti-Corruption’s Last Stand”
Jacob Eisler has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, UC Davis Law Review). Here is the abstract:
In McDonnell v. United States, the Supreme Court constrained the reach of federal anti-corruption law, declared the inevitability and even desirability of representatives… Continue reading
Wow. Wow. Wow: Guardian Publishes WI “John Doe” Documents, Showing WI Republicans Panicked over Losing State Supreme Court Control
This is this week’s must read. And it is bound to get attention as the Supreme Court of the US considers whether to take up John Doe case.
I wish I had time to go through the 1500 pages of… Continue reading
Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court Rejects Democrats’ Emergency Motion in Ohio “Golden Week” Case
There were no noted dissents to this order.
This is no surprise. I expected at most two votes for the Democrats’ position here.
Why was this such a weak case? As I explained when the 6th Circuit reversed the… Continue reading