Category Archives: Supreme Court
Watch Archived Video of 5th Annual #SCOTUS Review @UCILaw
“Partisan Polarization and Supreme Court Legitimacy (and What About Judicial Rhetoric and Celebrity)?
TODAY: Live Webcast of @UCILaw #SCOTUS Term in Review Monday 12 pm PDT
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On Monday, July 13 at 12 pm pacific time, tune in for the live webcast of the @UCILaw 5th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review, discussing this year’s blockbuster Supreme Court term. The panelists:
Erwin … Continue reading
Record Number of Dissents from #SCOTUS Conservative Justices
Must-read from @JostonJustice:
In fact, it was a bad term overall for Scalia: apparently his worst ever. He dissented in 23 cases, the highest number at least since the 1992-93 term when I began counting dissenting votes for my annual… Continue reading
“From Peoria High to the U.S. Supreme Court: Redistricting case draws classmates together.”
The surprising Peoria connection to the AZ redistricting case.
(via How Appealing)
Justice Ginsburg: Bush v. Gore Taught #SCOTUS Liberals to Stick Together on Dissents
Interview with Nina Totenberg:
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Thursday provided an unusual peek behind-the-scenes at how the court did its work this term.
It’s true, she said, that the liberal justices tried to be disciplined about having… Continue reading
Fishkin on the SCOTUS AZ Redistricting Decision
At Balkinization:
Constitutional problem-solving plays a complex role in constitutional interpretation and adjudication. It is not a license to read principles into the Constitution that are not there, or to ignore principles that are there. It is not a… Continue reading
“The Illusion of a Liberal Supreme Court”
Linda Greenhouse in the NYT:
As a mirage in the morning light, the “liberal Roberts court” narrative is now fading. Chief Justice Roberts is clearly no traitor; he was, in fact, in dissent in three of the four most important… Continue reading
“Don’t celebrate redistricting commissions”
Former CO SOS Scott Gessler in the Denver Post:
Before celebrating redistricting commissions, The Denver Post should look at Colorado’s history with its so-called “independent” reapportionment commission. For three decades now, that commission has ruthlessly carved out partisan gerrymanders for… Continue reading
Post-Remand Brief from Alabama Democrats Now Available
You can read the brief here, co-authored by Rick Pildes. It includes an extensive discussion of the meaning and scope of the Supreme Court’s Alabama redistricting case.
Bauer Critical of SCOTUS AZ Redistricting Decision and Renzi Cert. Denial
Interesting read:
The doctrinal fine points are open to be debate, but it is hard to escape the impression that Court believes readily in the failures of the democratic process and the part played in this breakdown by self-interested legislators. … Continue reading
SCOTUS AZ Redistricting Case Affecting Arguments over Standing in Immigration Case
“Supreme Court Sends Signals to Request Cases They Want to Hear”
New Adam Liptak Sidebar column:
Supreme Court justices like to say that they have no agenda. Cases come to them unbidden. They decide the ones that need deciding.
The reality is more complicated. The justices sometimes use their opinions to… Continue reading