“The 2014 Term & the First Amendment — Surprising twists & turns”
Read Ron Collins at SCOTUSBlog.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“On the sad state of our so called democracy”
Lessig:
I have a letter in the New York Review of Books responding to Elizabeth Drew’s article about money in politics. (I had done another review of that review here.)
The point of my letter was to correct what… Continue reading
SCOTUS Signaling in Today’s Opinions
Justices not only decide cases. They often signal other actors to bring cases, pass legislation or take other action (as I explore in Anticipatory Overrulings, Invitations, Time Bombs, and Inadvertence: How Supreme Court Justices Move the Law).
Today Justice… Continue reading
Citizens United Makes Cameo Appearance in SCOTUS Reed v. Gilbert Signs Case Today
I’m a little surprised Justice Sotomayor did not distance herself from this aspect of Justice Thomas’s majority opinion in Reed v. Gilbert today:
In any case, the fact that a distinction is speaker based does not, as the Court of… Continue reading
A Key Thing to Watch if Government Loses at SCOTUS in King v. Burwell
As the Supreme Court gets ready to decide this key Obamacare case, watch if Chief Justice Roberts or Justice Kennedy (f they make up a majority holding subsidies cannot apply to those in the federal exchange) engage in the total… Continue reading
Confidence in #SCOTUS Falls to 32%, 12 Points Below Historical Average in Gallup Polling
And this is before we get the controversial rulings at the end of the term. It will be interesting to watch what happens then.
“Justices’ Words Are Combed for Clues as Major Decisions Loom at Court”
Dahlia Lithwick Interviews Douglas Smith About Evenwel One Person, One Vote Case at #SCOTUS
It’s the second half of this week’s Amicus podcast.
The first half has an interview with Carrie Severino about Justice Thomas’s role on the Roberts Court.
“Looking for clues to Supreme Court’s final rulings in Ginsburg’s good mood”
As I’ve noted, RBG is “notorious” for dropping clues about upcoming forthcoming SCOTUS rulings. Bob Barnes reads the tea leaves.
The Justice also talked about her celebrity status:
Liu showed slides of T-shirts celebrating the Notorious RBG, as the… Continue reading
Plutocrat Promises to Pressure CA Legislature if #SCOTUS Kills Independent Redistricting for Congress
Dan Morain reports.
It would be nice if the question of independent redistricting were up to neither Charlie Munger nor the Supreme Court, but instead the people of the state of California.
“Executive Chutzpah”
Steven Mazie:
But however the justices are about to rule, court commentary from the president’s bully pulpit is, at best, fruitless. At worst, it does symbolic harm to the principle of the separation of powers. The parties have had… Continue reading
“Presidents Should Weigh In on Supreme Court Cases”
Jonathan Bernstein at Bloomberg View agrees with my post from yesterday.
“The Role of Three-Judge Courts in Conservative Attacks on Campaign Finance Reform and Voting Rights”
David Gans:
Election law cases have come to the Supreme Court in droves in recent years, as conservative activists have taken advantage of federal laws that provide for a direct appeal to the Supreme Court in certain campaign finance… Continue reading
“Bloomberg Law: Supreme Court Justice Celebrity (Audio)”
My interview with June Grasso (mp3):
Bloomberg Law: Supreme Court Justice Celebrity (Audio)
Jun 11, 2015
Richard Hasen, a professor at University of California Irvine School of Law, discusses the celebrity status of Supreme Court justices, who are scheduling interviews… Continue reading