Category Archives: Supreme Court

“Judicial Engagement or Judicial Tyranny?”

October 25, 2015, 9:57 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Eric Segall: Last Thursday, George Will wrote yet another op-ed advocating that non-elected, life tenured judges play a stronger role in protecting individual liberty (read that as economic liberty), and that this issue should be used by the GOP both… Continue reading

“Let’s move beyond winner-take-all elections”

October 23, 2015, 7:37 amalternative voting systems, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Rob Richie’s contribution to WaPo Evenwel symposium.

“Attorney General Paxton Asks SCOTUS to Declare Redistricting Attorneys’ Fees Award Unconstitutional Under Shelby County v. Holder”

October 22, 2015, 12:34 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Press release: The Texas Attorney General’s Office today petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court in State of Texas v. Wendy Davis, et al. to review and hold unconstitutional an award of attorneys’ fees to parties who challenged Texas’s redistricting maps. The… Continue reading

Read Plaintiffs’ #SCOTUS Reply Brief in Evenwel

October 22, 2015, 7:58 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here, via the Brennan Center’s Evenwel page.

The Supreme Court Dissent as Vanity Publishing for the Celebrity Justice?

October 21, 2015, 2:32 pmCelebrity Justice, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

@DahliaLithwick: What is not clear,” Urofsky argues, “is whether the dissent in the modern court is as powerful an agent of dialogue as it was in the days of Holmes and Brandeis, especially in terms of conversing with the… Continue reading

Shapiro v. McManus Preview

October 19, 2015, 3:59 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Howard Wasserman at SCOTUSBlog: In Shapiro v. McManus, to be argued on Wednesday, November 4, the Court will consider the proper distribution of power in cases potentially governed by the three-judge procedure. Specifically, the Court must decide whether a… Continue reading

Your One-Stop-Shop to “Fight Big Money”

October 19, 2015, 3:53 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

FightBigMoney.com, naturally.

“‘One person, one vote’ isn’t broken, and the Supreme Court shouldn’t fix it.”

October 19, 2015, 10:23 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Nate Persily in WaPo, part of an Evenwel symposium: In the end, the Evenwel appellants are asking the court to change the constitutional rules of the game just as Latinos are advancing down the field. Almost without exception, states have… Continue reading

ACLU Also Responds to Liptak One Person, One Vote Prisoner Piece

October 16, 2015, 8:43 amfelon voting, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here.

Read the Emergency #SCOTUS Filing in Montana Campaign Disclosure Case

October 15, 2015, 10:18 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here. Jim Bopp filed it.

“Arizona redistricting to get Supreme Court hearing”

October 14, 2015, 7:13 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Arizona Daily Star: The nation’s high court will hear arguments in less than two months on the legality of the state’s 30 legislative districts, setting the stage for a ruling that could realign political lines for the 2016 election. Attorney… Continue reading

“Ex-Governor McDonnell challenges conviction”

October 13, 2015, 4:46 pmbribery, chicanery, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

SCOTUSBlog: Arguing that the federal prosecution of former Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell was unique in the annals of public corruption cases, his attorneys on Tuesday afternoon asked the Supreme Court to overturn his conviction and his two-year prison… Continue reading

“A.C.L.U.’s Own Arguments May Work Against It in Voting Rights Case”

October 12, 2015, 7:25 amredistricting, Supreme Court, votingRick Hasen

Adam Liptak NYT Sidebar column on Evenewel: The American Civil Liberties Union weighed in last month on this term’s bigSupreme Court voting rights case, the one that will decide the meaning of “one person, one vote.” It took the… Continue reading