New Cert Petition Out of Disputed Connecticut Assembly Race Asks Supreme Court to Resolve an Apparent Circuit Split Over the Meaning of Bush v. Gore
The case is Feehan v. Marcone and the cert petition is here.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“McConnell confirms he would help Trump fill another Supreme Court vacancy in 2020”
WaPo:
When President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in 2016, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) refused to consider him, blocking the nominee until after the year’s presidential election.He said then that “the American people… Continue reading
“Buckley 2.0: How Would The Buckley Court Decide Buckley Today?”
Miriam Galston has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
If you read Supreme Court campaign finance cases, you will be struck by the disconnect between the lofty rhetoric used to justify the constitutional protections afforded political speech… Continue reading
Wendy Tam Cho: “Technology-Enabled Coin Flips for Judging Partisan Gerrymandering”
The following is a guest post from Wendy Tam Cho:
The Court has issued a stay in the Ohio and Michigan partisan gerrymandering cases, and we await their rulings in North Carolina and Maryland. I was an expert witness… Continue reading
No Surprise: Supreme Court, Without Noted Dissent, Blocks Redraws of Ohio, Michigan Maps Found by Lower Courts to Be Partisan Gerrymanders
Today’s orders are no surprise. Indeed, the Court often fails to give preliminary relief in redistricting cases even when the plaintiffs eventually win on the merits. Indeed, if the Court did allow the remaps to take place while the… Continue reading
“Academic highlight: Hyatt is latest example of textualist-originalist justices’ willingness to overturn precedent”
Really sharp Anita Krishnakumar piece at SCOTUSBlog.
“U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Let Businesses Donate to Candidates”
Bloomberg:
The U.S. Supreme Court declined an opportunity to give businesses broader rights to contribute money to political candidates and causes.The justices, without comment Monday, refused to question a Massachusetts law that bars for-profit corporations from making campaign donations.
“Don’t Rebrand Corruption”
“Supreme Court requests response from Ohio and Michigan gerrymander challengers”
Roll Call:
The Supreme Court on Monday gave the challengers of congressional maps in Ohio and Michigan until May 20 to respond to requests from state officials to stop court-ordered redrawing of district lines. Lower courts found the maps… Continue reading
“Ohio, Michigan legislators seek partisan-gerrymandering stays”
SCOTUSBlog:
At the end of March, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in two cases challenging federal congressional districts in North Carolina and Maryland as the product of unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering. A key question in both cases was whether courts… Continue reading
Steve Mazie on the Ohio Partisan Gerrymandering Ruling
Here at The Economist.
Today’s Must-Read: Linda Greenhouse: “The Supreme Court, the Census Case and the Truth: Will the justices be the administration’s enablers or form a firewall against its lies?”
Linda Greenhouse NYT column:
But if the plaintiff states are going to lose, it seems to me that it matters greatly how they lose. What was depressing and even scary about the April 23 argument was the disingenuous lengths to… Continue reading
“In Michigan & Ohio, Justice Delayed Could Mean Justice Denied; Is There A Better Way?”
Mike Parsons:
In the past two weeks, federal district courts have struck down partisan gerrymanders in both Michigan and Ohio. As a matter of legal doctrine, these decisions are important. As Nick Stephanopoulos states, they reveal an emerging … Continue reading
“Lower Courts Are Lobbying SCOTUS to Rein In Partisan Gerrymandering”
Mark Joseph Stern for Slate.