Category Archives: Supreme Court
“A Short Amendment for Supreme Court Term Limits”
Matthew Frank has posted this draft on SSRN.
Will Senate Democrats Filibuster Judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court? Should They?
President Trump has nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who died back in February. Judge Gorsuch is an extremely able and well respected, but deeply… Continue reading
CNN: Senate Democrats Ready to Cave on Supreme Court Nominee
They’d rather hold their fire for a SECOND Trump appointment to SCOTUS.
As I said, a pivotal moment for Democrats.
Breaking: Three-Judge Court Issues Order on Remedy in WI Partisan Gerrymandering Case, Teeing Up Issue for #SCOTUS Review
The three-judge court considering the Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering case, Whitford v. Nichols, has issued this remedial order in the Wisconsin gerrymandering case. It requires the Wisconsin legislature to pass a new plan remedying the partisan gerrymandering found by the court… Continue reading
Sen. Sessions Noncommittal on DOJ Position on Texas and North Carolina Voting Cases; Agrees to Enforce VRA Section 2
Written questions from Sen. Leahy and Sen. Sessions’ answer in connection with his nomination as AG:
21. You claim to be a champion of the Voting Rights Act because you voted for VRA’s reauthorization in 2006. But aside from this… Continue reading
No Word from Supreme Court in NC Racial Gerrymandering Case
Today’s Court orders contain no order related to North Carolina v. Covington, one of the North Carolina racial gerrymandering cases (and the case involving the special election for 2017 ordered by the district court and put on hold by the… Continue reading
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Texas Voter ID Case, But CJ Roberts Signals Review Likely Later
The Supreme Court declined to review the Texas voter id case today, but Chief Justice Roberts strongly signaled that the Court could well grant review when the case is fully complete in the lower court (and when, it is likely,… Continue reading
In Opinion by #SCOTUS Shortlister J. Pryor, Court Strikes 12 Alabama Districts as Racial Gerrymanders, Partial Dissent by Judge Thompson
In a 457 page opinion (including appendices) by Trump #SCOTUS shortlister William Pryor, a three-judge federal district court in the Alabama racial gerrymandering case has struck down 12 challenged Alabama districts as unconstitutional. Judge Myron Thompson, in a separate 120-page … Continue reading
“What happens now to Justice Dept.’s civil rights enforcement?”
WaPo:
We spoke with Gupta on Wednesday morning, the last day in her fifth-floor Justice Department office, where pictures of Robert F. Kennedy and Frederick Douglass hung over her desk. The conversation started with the fight to protect voting rights,… Continue reading
#SCOTUS Does Not Act Yet in TX or NC Election Cases
Although the Court granted cert. in two cases today, no word yet on the Texas redistricting case (now up at three conferences) or the North Carolina racial gerrymandering case. There was a chance the Court could have acted on… Continue reading
No SCOTUS Action on Texas Voter ID Cert Petition Today
Stay tuned (docket).
Supreme Court, Granting 16 Cases, Says Nothing About Texas Voter ID Case: Tea Leaves
Here is today’s Court’s order.
What does it mean that there was no order on Texas, despite the fact that the cases was considered and then relisted from last week?
It could mean that as early as Tuesday (when the… Continue reading
Profs Amicus Brief Seeking #SCOTUS Review in Independence Institute Campaign Disclosure Case
Prominent conservative and libertarian profs on this one.