“Celebrity Justice: Supreme Court Edition”
The Green Bag has posted the final version of my article on how SCOTUS Justices are much more in the news than ever before.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“Does the Biden speech undermine the case for Supreme Court confirmation hearings?”
John Witt:
As readers of this blog will likely know by now, then-Senator Joseph Biden delivered a speech on the Senate floor in June of 1992 warning that in the event of a Supreme Court vacancy, President George H. W.… Continue reading
“Supreme Court Fight Won’t Die, No Matter How Hard Republicans Try”
An Adult Conversation about the Fight to Fill Justice Scalia’s #SCOTUS Seat
Can we have an adult conversation, at least for a moment, about the open seat on the Supreme Court caused by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, and President Obama’s attempt to fill that seat?
Very much like how the… Continue reading
SCOTUSBlog Video Interview with Me About #Plutocrats United, Changing #SCOTUS
Here is the link. The interview, conducted by Fabrizio di Piazza, was recorded before Justice Scalia passed away. Here is the description:
In this four-part interview, Richard Hasen discusses understanding the Supreme Court, especially through election law and the… Continue reading
Video Interview with GoverningWorks on Plutocrats United
“Without Justice Scalia, ‘Corruption’ Cases May Get Hazier”
Steve Klein blogs, with a focus on McDonnell.
“Justice Scalia and Campaign Finance: A Puzzle (Part II)”
Bauer:
How did Justice Scalia come to write a dissent as he did in McIntrye, insisting on the role of disclosure and relying for the power of his point on the need to follow the judgment of legislators in… Continue reading
Watch Ed Whelan and Me Hash it Out on #SCOTUS and the 2016 Elections
Moderated by the excellent Henry Weinstein.
Video.
“Neutral Principles and Some Campaign Finance Problems”
John McGinnis has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, William and Mary Law Review). Here is the abstract:
This Article has both positive and normative objectives. As a positive matter, it shows that the Roberts Court’s campaign finance regulation jurisprudence… Continue reading
“Appoint a few more Scalias, kiss democracy goodbye”
I have written this oped for Reuters Opinion. It begins:
Republican presidential candidates such as Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) have pledged to appoint a justice like Antonin Scalia to the U.S. Supreme Court, if given the opportunity. Yet Scalia’s record… Continue reading
Today: Live Event with Ed Whelan on #SCOTUS and 2016 Elections
Looking forward to this event today at UCI Law (which will be livestreamed):
UCI Law Professor Rick Hasen and Ed Whelan, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), a conservative D.C. think tank, will offer… Continue reading
“Redistricting plaintiffs ask federal judges to act quickly”
News and Observer:
Critics of the congressional redistricting process that took place in 2011, and who successfully sued to overturn it on the basis of racial gerrymandering, on Monday filed a brief in federal court saying they don’t like… Continue reading
“How John Roberts Can Save the Supreme Court”
Simon Lazarus for TNR.
FWIW, I continue to believe Evenwel will not be 4-4 (nor was it likely to have been 5-4 before Justice Scalia’s death).