Category Archives: Supreme Court

“‘We have to pick a great one’: Inside Trump’s plan for a new Supreme Court justice”

July 1, 2018, 8:37 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

WaPo: “This president had a vision,” Leo said. “He did something entrepreneurial and different. He had a very clear sense of what he wanted, he spent a lot of time asking questions about [the late] Justice [Antonin] Scalia and Justice… Continue reading

Today’s Must-Read: Adam Liptak’s “How Conservatives Weaponized the First Amendment”

July 1, 2018, 8:22 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

NYT: On the final day of the Supreme Court term last week, Justice Elena Kagan sounded an alarm. The court’s five conservative members, citing the First Amendment, had just dealt public unions a devastating blow. The day before, the… Continue reading

“Justice Kennedy May Soon Find Himself Disappointed And His Legacy Undermined”

July 1, 2018, 8:20 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Nina Totenberg analysis for NPR.

“Kennedy’s Retirement Could Threaten Efforts to End Partisan Gerrymandering”

June 30, 2018, 1:32 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Michael Wines for the NY Times: For 14 years, as partisan gerrymanders across the country grew more extreme, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy came to symbolize hopes that the Supreme Court would eventually rein them in. His retirement this week did… Continue reading

Today’s Must-Read: “Inside the White House’s Quiet Campaign to Create a Supreme Court Opening”

June 29, 2018, 8:27 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Adam Liptak and Maggie Haberman at the NYT with some scintillating details of the effort to butter up Justice Kennedy. Unfortunately it has led to some nutty conspiracy theories about Justice Kennedy deciding cases to help Trump for corrupt reasons.… Continue reading

Watch the Archived Video of ACS Supreme Court Term in Review Event Today, via C-SPAN

June 28, 2018, 3:12 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

It was great to be part of this very interesting (albeit depressing) discussion.

Supreme Court Issues Opinion in North Carolina Racial Gerrymandering Case

June 28, 2018, 7:01 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Scroll down to page 18 of the orders and you will find a per curiam opinion in the Covington case. No big surprise here. The Court agrees that the district court had the power to cure racial gerrymanders it found,… Continue reading

Breaking: Supreme Court affirms without opinion lower court order rejecting partisan gerrymandering claim in North Carolina

June 28, 2018, 6:42 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Breaking: Supreme Court affirms without opinion lower court order rejecting partisan gerrrymandering claim in North Carolina https://t.co/GDhucsNWGM But two other cases remain pending and will work their way back to Court next term. This is somewhat of a surprise /1… Continue reading

Speaking Thursday at ACS Law Supreme Court Term in Review in D.C.

June 27, 2018, 8:19 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

With the Kennedy retirement (my thoughts here and here), this should be a doozy of an event. C-SPAN is scheduled to cover. The 2017-2018 Supreme Court Review June 28, 2018 12:00 PM – 02:00 PM Event Location: National Press… Continue reading

I Spoke to Jacob Weisberg on Today’s Slate Trumpcast About the Battle to Fill Justice Kennedy’s Seat

June 27, 2018, 7:10 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

You can find a link to listen here.

“The Only Thing That Might Stop Trump From Replacing Kennedy With a Scalia Clone”

June 27, 2018, 3:23 pmScalia, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: Buckle up, folks. If you did not like what the Supreme Court has done in the last few weeks on voting rights, public-sector unions, and Trump’s travel ban, things are going… Continue reading

Early Thoughts on Justice Kennedy’s Retirement

June 27, 2018, 11:38 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Following my prediction of a Kennedy retirement yesterday over at Slate, I’m adding my early thoughts to this tweet thread. More later.

3-Judge Court in North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case Sets Quick Schedule to Potentially Get Case Back Up to #SCOTUS

June 27, 2018, 9:07 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

As I expected, the 3 judge court in the North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case has set a quick schedule to consider standing issues under Gill following a Supreme Court remand. Briefs are due July 11. Assuming the lower court… Continue reading

“The Redistricting Cases Are Not About Gerrymandering, They’re About Imposing Proportional Representation”

June 27, 2018, 8:49 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

James Lucas for National Review.

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