Category Archives: Supreme Court
Foley: Benisek, Congressional Gerrymanders & the Elections Clause
The following is the first in a series of guest posts on Benisek v. Lamone by Ohio State’s Ned Foley.
Edward B. Foley
This blog essay is derived from a forthcoming contribution to a University of Georgia Law Review… Continue reading
“Lack of court action on new Pa. voting map causing concern”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
With Tuesday’s deadline for filing nominating petitions imminent, prospective candidates waiting for courts to take action on Pennsylvania’s radically reconfigured congressional map learned Friday that the wait will continue.
By day’s end Friday, neither the U.S. Supreme Court… Continue reading
“The Supreme Court’s Pennsylvania vote puzzle”
Coming This Weekend to CSPAN Book TV
My conversation with Adam Liptak of the New York Times and Professor Susan Low Bloch of Georgetown Law about my new book on Justice Scalia’s legacy should air some time this weekend on CSPAN Book TV. The video should… Continue reading
“Justice Scalia’s Fading Legacy”
Linda Greenhouse NYT column.
I’ve got a very different view, which I’ll be writing about over coming weeks.
Watch Brennan Center Video in Which Joan Biskupic and I Discuss Justice Scalia’s Legacy and My New Book, The Justice of Contradictions
“FTC Exclusively Obtains Records from U.S. Marshals Service on Scalia’s Final Trip, Justices’ Summer Travel”
Fix the Court:
On the day before he died, Justice Antonin Scalia – deplaning from Southwest flight no. 1209 at Houston Hobby, gun in tow and in poorer health than was widely known – was met by deputy U.S. marshals… Continue reading
“Is one of the Pennsylvania voting cases doomed?”
Lyle Denniston for Constitution Daily.
Free Access the Preface to My New Book: The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption
My Yale University Press book is officially out next week (available to buy now at Amazon, on Audible audiobook, and for Kindle) , but you can now freely download the five-page preface at SSRN.
Here is how… Continue reading
“The Consequences of Citizens United: What Do the Lawyers Say?”
Ann Southworth has posted this fascinating draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Chicago-Kent Law Review). Here is the abstract:
Drawing on confidential interviews with thirty-one lawyers who participated in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission as counsel for parties and amici, this… Continue reading
What’s Up, Justice Alito?
I’ve been expecting a quick rejection of the Pa. Republicans’ longshot claim in the congressional redistricting lawsuit.
The last time around Justice Alito rejected the claim without referring to the Court.
But briefing has been done since Tuesday, and… Continue reading
Cert. Petition Filed Challenging Montana Law Barring Judicial Candidates from Seeking, Accepting, or Using Political Party Endorsements
Pa Legislative Challengers in Congressional Redistricting Case File Reply with Supreme Court
You can read it here.
Justice Alito or the Court could rule at any time. I’d expect something in the next few days.