“Conservatives Say They Want Another Antonin Scalia. They Really Want Another Sam Alito”
Great Stephane Mencimer piece in Mother Jones.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“Campaign-Finance Law, the State of Nature, and the Nirvana Fallacy”
I have written this response to Derek Muller at the Library of Law and Liberty. It begins:
One cannot fault Professor Derek Muller, whose work I admire and respect, for taking a hard libertarian line against campaign-finance regulation in his… Continue reading
“Supreme Court takes case claiming racial gerrymandering in Virginia”
Josh Gerstein reports for Politico.
#SCOTUS Will Hear Another Racial Gerrymandering Case
The Supreme Court this morning noted probable jurisdiction in the Bethune-Hill case, raising racial gerrymandering claims in state legislative elections in Va. The SCOTUSBlog page is here.
Just a few weeks ago, the Court dismissed on standing grounds a… Continue reading
“Partisan Balance in Three-Judge District Courts under BCRA”
The following is a guest post by Prof. Michael Solimine, the country’s leading expert on the use of three-judge courts to decide a small set of (mostly election) cases, which go on direct appeal to the Supreme Court:
The… Continue reading
“As altered Supreme Court term comes to end, signs point to a muted finale”
Bob Barnes:
With important decisions on abortion, affirmative action and immigration looming, the Supreme Court’s two most consistent liberals spoke out this week — about food.
At a Smithsonian event Wednesday night, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued a sharp… Continue reading
“Voter Welfare: An Emerging Rule of Reason in Voting Rights Law”
Sam Issacharoff has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Indiana Law Journal). Here is the abstract:
For the first time in at least a generation, the central focus of voting rights law has returned to the issue of eligibility to… Continue reading
Registration Now Open: 6th Annual UCI Law Supreme Court Term in Review
Event:
Thursday, July 14, 2016
12:00–1:30 p.m.
UCI Student Center, Pacific Ballroom (Directions)
*Registration and doors will open at 11:15 a.m.
Register online now
This has been an extraordinary year in the Supreme Court, especially because of… Continue reading
“‘Soft Money’ Is Back, and Republicans Want to Make It Official”
Justin Miller for TAP.
“Supreme Court Won’t Touch This Legal Challenge to Ted Cruz’s ‘Natural Born’ Status”
Cristian Farias for HuffPo.
“Inventing Equal Sovereignty”
The lead article in the new issue of the Michigan Law Review comes from my new colleague Leah Litman. You will want to read this:
The Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder relied on the “fundamental principle”… Continue reading
“One of the All-Time Great Cases in Supreme Court History”
Mitch McConnell on Citizens United.
“Citizens Coerced: A Legislative Fix for Workplace Political Intimidation Post-Citizens United”
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez and Paul Secunda write for UCLA Law Review Discourse.
“Rulings and Remarks Tell Divided Story of an 8-Member Supreme Court”
Smart Adam Liptak column:
The court seems to have split into two camps, with the four justices at its ideological center working diligently to deliver unified opinions. The remaining members of the court seem less committed to that project.
The… Continue reading