Should be a great one: 7th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review Monday, July 10, 2017, 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Pacific Time Irvine Barclay Theatre (Map) This exciting and entertaining program reviews the Supreme Court’s key cases decided… Continue reading

Bauer blogs.

In remarks at a college yesterday, the Chief was right to say that the confirmation process is exceedingly partisan:  “It is a real danger that the partisan hostility that people see in the political branches will affect the nonpartisan activity… Continue reading

I have written this oped for the LA Times. It begins: Even before the Senate confirmed Neil Gorsuch as a justice of the Supreme Court, and before it “nuked” the filibuster for nominees, the Trump administration and conservatives were already … Continue reading

Important Rick Pildes at WaPo’s The Monkey Cage: The Supreme Court confirmation wars will become less heated only if the stakes in individual appointments diminish. One way to bring that about would be a constitutional amendment limiting Supreme Court terms… Continue reading

Adam Liptak in the NYT: In losing the 2016 presidential election, Democrats may have given up the chance to change the balance of power on the Supreme Court for a generation. Judge Gorsuch is 49. If he serves as long… Continue reading