Category Archives: Supreme Court

Floyd Abrams on Campaign Finance, Inequality, Shelby County, and More

November 16, 2015, 9:27 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Tonight Floyd Abrams gave the Raymond Pryke First Amendment Lecture at UCI Law, and you can watch a video of it here: Most of the lecture consisted of Floyd defending the Supreme Court’s approach to campaign finance cases particularly… Continue reading

Roundup of Stories on #SCOTUS Decision to Hear Va Redistricting Case

November 15, 2015, 9:45 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Via How Appealing.

Breaking: #SCOTUS Will Hear Virginia Redistricting Case

November 13, 2015, 11:35 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

There will be a lot of attention (for good reason) to the Court’s decision to hear a Texas abortion case, but the Court will also hold a hearing on Wittman v. Personhuballah, a Virginia redistricting case. … Continue reading

“Podcast: The meaning of ‘one person, one vote’”

November 12, 2015, 5:59 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Constitution Daily: On December 8, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Evenwel v. Abbott, one of the most important cases of the term that could have huge implications for U.S. politics. In 2013, the Texas state legislature… Continue reading

Judge Posner Offers “Simpler and Cruder” “Cynical” Response to Abbe Gluck on CJ Roberts in King v. Burwell

November 11, 2015, 10:19 amstatutory interpretation, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Harvard Law Review Forum: Pofessor Abbe Gluck is far more steeped in the scholarly literature on statutory interpretation than I, and far more familiar with the workings of Congress than I, including the specific legislative process that generated the… Continue reading

Legislation and Election Law Writing in Harvard Law Review’s Supreme Court Issue

November 11, 2015, 7:52 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Among the items in the new issue: Imperfect Statutes, Imperfect Courts: Understanding Congress’s Plan in the Era of Unorthodox Lawmaking by Abbe Gluck Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama Williams-Yulee v. … Continue reading

“Rethinking the ‘One Person, One Vote’ Principle”

November 9, 2015, 8:27 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Charles Kelbley column for the Legal Intelligencer.

CCP Statement on Cert Denial in CCP v. Harris

November 9, 2015, 8:48 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here: The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP), America’s largest nonprofit working to promote and defend First Amendment rights to free political speech, assembly, and petition, released the following statement concerning the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to review the… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 6. Nate Persily: Can the Supreme Court Handle Social Science In Election Cases?

November 9, 2015, 7:42 amELB Podcast, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Can the Supreme Court handle social science evidence in election law cases? Will lack of good data determine the outcome of the Supreme Court’s upcoming one person, one vote decision in Evenwel v. Abbott? What role will and should evidence… Continue reading

Bauer on Justice Kennedy on Citizens United at Harvard

November 9, 2015, 7:23 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Bauer blogs.

Breaking: #SCOTUS ❤️ Political Disclosure, Denies Cert. in CCP v. Harris

November 9, 2015, 7:19 amcampaign finance, campaigns, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The Supreme Court, without noted dissent, has denied cert. in Center for Competitive Politics v. Harris. The question concerns whether CA AG Harris can have access to CCP’s donor list for law enforcement purposes (and not for public disclosure)… Continue reading

Listen to the Oral Argument in Shapiro v. McManus Case

November 8, 2015, 12:40 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here, at Oyez.

“The Money in Politics Disaster – Video of Trevor Potter’s Remarks at the Independent Sector Annual Conference”

November 6, 2015, 12:44 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here.

Lithwick @Slate on Getting Democratic Presidential Candidates to Discuss #SCOTUS

November 6, 2015, 6:55 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Dahlia Lithwick: But if the Democratic candidates have been largely silent on the issue of the Supreme Court, the moderators should not be. The composition of the high court will be one of the single most important issues in… Continue reading