“All’s Well That Evenwel”
I just love this headline so much, I hope to revive it in the event that the Supreme Court rejects the one person, one vote challenge next term.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“Why Is John Roberts Siding With the Supreme Court’s Liberals?”
Adam Winkler writes at Slate.
The President Should Talk MORE About Pending Cases Before #SCOTUS
I’ve already gotten into trouble once this week for an unpopular opinion (in some quarters) so I should quit while I’m behind. But here goes.
Over on Twitter, Jonathan Adler and I have been debating whether there is anything… Continue reading
Linda Greenhouse on #SCOTUS Term, and Evenwel in the Next
NYT:
Last month, the court accepted another case without a split among the lower courts. Evenwel v. Abbott challenges the inclusion of noncitizens among those who are to be counted for the purpose of redistricting. The case reflects a cynical… Continue reading
“Arizona Republicans Planning Redistricting Push After SCOTUS Decision”
Reid Wilson for the Morning Consult:
The U.S. Supreme Court is nearing a decision over the constitutionality of independent commissions created to draw district lines, but lawmakers in Arizona aren’t waiting for the outcome to start radically redrawing the state’s… Continue reading
“Active Avoidance: The Modern Supreme Court and Legal Change”
New article by Neal Katyal and Thomas Schmidt in the Harvard Law Review, with a response by Caleb Nelson.
Here is how Katyal and Schmidt situate their work in relation to other recent work on the avoidance canon, including my… Continue reading
“Mr. First Amendment”
Ron Collins on CJ Roberts. cf Williams-Yulee.
WaPo SCOTUS Reporter Bob Barnes on the Court Notes Surprise of the Chief’s Williams-Yulee Opinion
Barnes:
What’s been the biggest surprise for you so far this term?
Two things:
The interaction among the justices during the lethal injection oral arguments was as tendentious as I’ve ever seen. There was such infighting that Roberts granted… Continue reading
Paul Sherman NYT Letter to the Editor on Citizens United Poll
Joan Biskupic Takes Deep Dive into Ed Blum’s Latest Litigation: Against Harvard’s Admissions Policy
Read this from Reuters:
In recent months, Harvard University has come under attack in court for allegedly limiting the number of Asian-American students it admits. A Reuters examination reveals how the lawsuit brought in their name arose from a… Continue reading
“Counting Everyone for ‘One Person, One Vote'”
“Citizens United Shouldn’t Get All the Blame”
“The super PAC minuet”
#SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Another Redistricting Case Next Term, This One with Lower (Or at Least More Obscure) Stakes
This morning, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Shapiro v. Mack, a redistricting case raising a procedural point: “Whether a single-judge district court may determine that a complaint covered by 28 U.S.C. § 2284 is insubstantial, and that three… Continue reading