Saturday marks the 15th anniversary of Bush v. Gore, the 2000 case which settled the disputed election in Florida between Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore.
I have this oped in the Orlando Sentinel reflecting on what’s changed… Continue reading
See this Newsweek piece.
I think it is pure fantasy to suggest anyone in the Citizens United majority would vote differently on a challenge to the SpeechNow decision, which relied on Citizens United to find a right of individuals to… Continue reading
This Jan 21 lunch workshop (by invitation) may interest academics, law students, and policy folks, and it will feature Yasmin Dawood, Janai Nelson, Nick Stephanopoulos and me:
Plutocrats United
A Brennan Center Workshop
Thursday, January 21, 2016
12:00 p.m. –… Continue reading
I have written this oped for the Orlando Sentinel. It begins:
This is month marks the 15th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2000 decision in Bush v. Gore, which ended a recount of ballots in Florida, and assured the… Continue reading
Tony Mauro:
As demonstrators shouted at the U.S. Supreme Court during a public session in April, Justice Antonin Scalia said on an open microphone, “Give them stiff, stiff sentences,” according to a tape and transcript of the incident that… Continue reading
Ross Ramsey in the Texas Tribune:
Some people think it’s unfair to have more eligible voters in one legislative district than in another — that basing things solely on total population is the wrong way to draw political maps. But… Continue reading
From yesterday’s argument:
[Texas SG Scott Keller]:…If the Court were to try to go down the road of requiring States to equalize within 10 percent of a deviation, both total and voter population, States would inevitably have to disregard … Continue reading