“‘You get one shot’: How Justice Antonin Scalia viewed the world”
Joan Biskupic writes for Reuters Opinion.
Joan has written the best and most interesting biography of Justice Scalia, American Original. Now is a great time to pick it up.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
Podcast on #PlutocratsUnited with Heath Brown on New Books Network
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Richard L. Hasen has written Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections (Yale University Press, 2016). Hasen is Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine.
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“The battle over replacing Justice Scalia is just the start of a war over the Supreme Court”
I have written this piece for Washington Post’s Wonkblog. It begins:
It is tempting to think of the fight to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court as the battle defining the future of the Supreme Court for the… Continue reading
Revised Version of Paper on Election Law at the Roberts Court
I have now posted a revised version of Election Law’s Path in the Roberts Court’s First Decade: A Sharp Right Turn but with Speed Bumps and Surprising Twists, forthcoming Stanford Law Review (2016). Though revised, the revision was… Continue reading
That Time Scalia Endorsed Political Equality for Campaign Finance Limits, Sorta
As I noted in this commentary for Politico magazine, Justice Scalia first voiced his opposition to campaign finance limits in the Austin case, in a passionate and well-argued (if ultimately wrong-headed) dissent. But before that, when Scalia was a… Continue reading
“Justice Scalia and Election Law”
“How Scalia’s Death Could Shake Up Campaign Finance; It might be the opening reformers have been waiting for”
I have written this commentary for Politico magazine. Here’s a snippet:
How did Scalia eventually get his way on the question of how to balance First Amendment rights of free speech against strong government interests like preventing corruption or promoting… Continue reading
1st Effect of Scalia’s Loss May Be on #SCOTUS Shadow Docket, But We May Not Know It
One of the first ways that Justice Scalia’s absence will be felt in Court decisions is on emergency motions and stay request which make its way to the Supreme Court on an expedited basis, what Prof. Will Baude calls the… Continue reading
Seth Tillman Says Obama Recess Appointment to SCOTUS Could Backfire on Democrats
Interesting.
I don’t expect there will be a sufficiently long recess before next January in any case to give the President an opportunity.
“U.S. Supreme Court vacancy upends presidential race”
Talking Justice Scalia on MSNBC with Joy Reid, Mark Alexander, and Katon Dawson
“Scalia’s Supreme Court Seat and the Next Frontier in Political Hardball”
Emily Bazelon for NYT Magazine:
If Mr. Obama nominated a moderate and the Republicans who control the Senate refused to confirm him, would the country find itself in the throes of a constitutional crisis? I did a quick poll of… Continue reading
Justice Scalia, The Most Sarcastic Justice
Last year I wrote a piece for the Green Bag called “The Most Sarcastic Justice.” Adam Liptak did a nice writeup about it in the NY Times, and Zach Goldfarb has highlights now at WaPo’s Wonkblog. The article… Continue reading
What Will Happen with the North Carolina Redistricting Case?
I’ve been predicting a stay from the Supreme Court of the district court order, which would stop the current election (already begun with absentees) and have the state quickly redistrict and hold new elections with new district lines. With Justice… Continue reading