“Supreme Court discussing partisan gerrymandering behind closed doors Friday”
Ariane de Vogue for CNN.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
Maryland: “New partisan gerrymander case reaches Justices”
Lyle Denniston:
Arguing that a state should not have to re-draw its congressional districts twice in a short time span, Maryland officials asked the Supreme Court on Monday to rule that the existing map can be used again in… Continue reading
Supreme Court Will Consider Whether to Take Major Montana Campaign Contributions Case at Its January 4 Conference, A Case Which Could Pave the Way for Killing Federal Campaign Contribution Limits
According to the docket.
It could also be when the Court considers whether to take the Austin campaign finance case.
As I wrote in Slate back in September:
As Common Cause’s Steve Spaulding notes, “Kavanaugh himself acknowledges in the… Continue reading
Justice Kennedy Stands By the Correctness of His Citizens United Opinion
NLJ:
When asked if, in the wake of the huge influx of money into elections, he had any regrets about his majority opinion in Citizens United v. FEC, he said the decision “stands for itself.”
“It’s true there’s a problem… Continue reading
Justice Stevens Tags Citizens United, Bush v. Gore as Two of Three “Grave Errors” of Supreme Court During His Time There
In interview with Adam Liptak:
The court’s “second-biggest error,” Justice Stevens said, was the Citizens United campaign finance decision. “Money in politics — it’s hard to believe the extent of it,” he said.
The third-biggest mistake, he said, was … Continue reading
Coalition of Minor Parties, Idaho Republican Party File Amicus Brief Supporting Cert. Grant in Utah Political Party Rights Case; Senators Lee and Cruz, Reps. Labrador and Bishop File Another
Amanda Frost Comments on My Forthcoming “Polarization and the Judiciary” Paper
Amanda Frost at SCOTUSBlog:
Common sense tells us that increased political polarization affects the U.S. Supreme Court as well as the political branches, and now legal scholars have the data to prove it. In a forthcoming paper, “Polarization and … Continue reading
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Bethune-Hill Racial Gerrymandering Case Again from Virginia, Raises Question About Standing
From today’s order list:
APPEAL — JURISDICTION POSTPONED
18-281 VA HOUSE OF DELEGATES, ET AL. V. GOLDEN BETHUNE-HILL, ET AL. Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction is postponed to the hearing of the case on the merits. In… Continue reading
Joan Biskupic: Justice Kavanaugh Laying Low (So Far)
Breaking: Three Judge Federal Court Unanimously Strikes Maryland Congressional District as Partisan Gerrymander
The judges considered two First Amendment-based theories: all three joined in one of the theories, and two in the other.
This will go on direct appeal to the Supreme Court, in a case with an opinion written by a well… Continue reading
Common Cause Files Supreme Court Brief Seeking Affirmance in North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case
North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Opponents File Supreme Court Motion to Affirm in Rucho Case
You can find the document here.
I believe it is almost certain the Court will set the case for argument (and I think chances of an affirmance are low with Justice Kavanaugh now on the Court, but we will… Continue reading
“How Democrats Can Reverse Years of Voter Suppression. It doesn’t require packing the Supreme Court.”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Faced with the latest flurry of hardball Republican tactics on voting issues this election cycle, Democrats are grappling with the reality of an opposition that now seems determined to cement long-term … Continue reading
Supreme Court Won’t Take Pa Gerrymandering Case, Arguing State Supreme Court Didn’t Have Power to Draw New Districts
SCOTUS declines this a.m. to hear Pennsylvania Republicans’ appeal of state court ruling ordering new congressional map. https://t.co/6txxfNrGvz #fairmaps 1/ pic.twitter.com/Nd8gOAZKZx
— Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) October 29, 2018
I expect this issue to be back before the Supreme Court… Continue reading