“The important money-in-politics questions to ask Judge Gorsuch”
Trevor Potter oped for The Hill.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“In Gorsuch, Conservative Activist Sees Test Case for Reshaping the Judiciary”
NYT:
“The Supreme Court needs to be an institution that helps to undergird limited constitutional government,” said Mr. Leo, 51, whose cerebral, unassuming demeanor belies the enormous clout he has developed in Washington.
It is a worldview that has brought… Continue reading
“Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Skeptical Of Federal Agency Power”
Nina Totenberg for NPR on Chevron deference:
At most Supreme Court confirmation hearings, questions focus on hot-button social issues — abortion, affirmative action, same-sex marriage — and the hearings next week on Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will be no… Continue reading
“Judge Gorsuch’s Writings Signal He Would Be A Conservative On Social Issues”
Nina Totenberg for NPR:
With the Senate Judiciary Committee set to open hearings on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, the game of confirmation cat and mouse is about to begin. Senators will try to… Continue reading
“In Potential Recusal Reversal, Neil Gorsuch Leaves Door Open to Hearing Supreme Court Cases Involving Billionaire Backer Philip Anschutz”
Important Charlie Savage:
My Denver-based colleague Julie Turkewitz and I have been taking a look at the relationship between Neil Gorsuch, the Supreme Court nominee, and Colorado billionaire Philip Anschutz. The New York Times published it tonight and it will… Continue reading
“Neil Gorsuch Has Web of Ties to Secretive Billionaire”
NYT:
The publicity-shy billionaire Philip F. Anschutz inherited an oil and gas firm and built it into an empire that has sprawled into telecommunications, railroads, real estate, resorts, sports teams, stadiums, movies and conservative publications like The Weekly Standard and… Continue reading
“15 States File Amicus Brief Seeking Clarification On NVRA, Non-Voting And List Maintenance”
Doug Chapin:
Fifteen states have filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to hear a case in order to clarify if and how states may use evidence of non-voting as a… Continue reading
Analysis: Texas Redistricting Decision Major Victory for Voting Rights Bar and May Pave Way for Texas to Be Back under Federal Supervision
Last night I linked to the extensive ruling and findings of fact and conclusions of law in a very long-running dispute about whether Texas’s congressional districting were a violation of the Voting Rights Act and/or the Constitution. I have now… Continue reading
NC Gov, AG File Reply Brief Arguing #SCOTUS Should Dismiss Cert. Petition in Controversial Voting Case
Brief:
All of the petitioners in this case have moved to withdraw the pending petition. Thus, under normal operation of this Court’s rules, the petition should be dismissed. See S. Ct. R. 46.2(a).
Seeking to derail this ministerial process, the… Continue reading
“Liberals to Senate Democrats: Step up the Gorsuch fight”
Politico:
Liberal advocacy groups are issuing a sharp rebuke to Senate Democrats, who they say have failed to sufficiently fight President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick.
In a letter to be delivered Monday and obtained by POLITICO, 11 progressive groups… Continue reading
Adam Liptak on Judge Gorsuch with a Style Like Kennedy’s But an Ideology Like Scalia’s
Interesting read:
The White House hopes the bond matters to Justice Kennedy, too. In choosing Judge Gorsuch to replace Justice Antonin Scalia and floating the names of other former Kennedy clerks for the next Supreme Court vacancy, administration officials… Continue reading
Bauer Sympathetic to J. Gorsuch’s Rethinking of Standard for Reviewing Contribution Limits
Bob is a lot more sympathetic to the project than I was in my recent CNN Opinion piece on Judge Gorsuch’s jurisprudence.
Bethune-Hill News Roundup
“Why Gorsuch could lead court in wrong direction”
I have written this piece for CNN Opinion. It begins:
It’s no big deal, the thinking goes, that the Senate seems likely to confirm Judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court, as President Trump urged in his speech Tuesday night.… Continue reading