Category Archives: Supreme Court
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
Supreme Court Blocks Wilbur Ross Deposition in Census Case, Allows John Gore Deposition, For Now
SCOTUSBlog:
The Supreme Court gave the federal government a partial victory tonight in a dispute over discovery in the challenge to the government’s decision to reinstate a question about citizenship on the 2020 census. Without any publicly recorded objections, the… Continue reading
“The Next Threat to Redistricting Reform”
I have written this piece for the Harvard Law Review Blog. It begins:
These are perilous times even for those who think that federal courts have no business messing with how state legislatures draw lines for legislative and congressional districts… Continue reading
“Kavanaugh, Court Could Bury Partisan Gerrymandering Challenges”
Kimberly Robinson for Bloomberg Law.
“Liberals Must Embrace a Bankrupt Judicial Philosophy to Have Any Chance of Winning at the Supreme Court”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
It’s a great time for liberals to brush up on their knowledge of originalism and textualism. These judicial theories, which say that judges should interpret constitutional provisions or statutes by looking… Continue reading
Revised Version of My Forthcoming Paper, “Polarization and the Judiciary,” Now Current Through Kavanaugh Nomination
Updated version of the paper out in May in the Annual Review of Political Science. Abstract:
The period of increased polarization in the United States among the political branches and citizenry affects the selection, work, perception, and relative power of… Continue reading
Speaking at Princeton November 9 on My Book on Justice Scalia’s Legacy
Princeton Program in Law and Public Affairs:
The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption
Rick Hasen, University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Date:
Fri, 11/09/2018 – 12:00pm
Location:
Robertson Hall, Bowl 16
Audience:… Continue reading
Must-Read: “Confirming Kavanaugh: A Triumph for Conservatives, but a Blow to the Court’s Image”
Adam Liptak captures the peril for the Court:
For President Trump and for Senate Republicans, confirming Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice was a hard-won political victory. But for the conservative legal movement, it is a signal… Continue reading
“SCOTUS punts on Ross deposition fight, for now”
Politico:
The Supreme Court is passing up, for now, the Trump administration’s request to block Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross from having to give testimony in lawsuits challenging the addition of a question on citizenship to the 2020 U.S. census.
Justice… Continue reading
“Outside Money Fuels Court Fight Amid Calls for Kyl Not to Vote”
Roll Call:
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh denounced the “millions of dollars in money from outside left-wing opposition groups” during his testimony Thursday about sexual assault allegations, but he didn’t mention the millions spent by groups backing him.
The… Continue reading
“Don’t forget about Kavanaugh’s troubling legal philosophy”
George Thomas WaPo oped:
As the FBI conducts its investigations into the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh, just about everyone has been distracted from questions about his legal philosophy. But let’s not forget, as Justice… Continue reading