Category Archives: Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: Celebrity SCOTUS Edition
“Never compromise your principles,…unless of course your principles are Adolf Hitler’s, in which case you would be well advised to compromise them as much as you can.”
—Justice Antonin Scalia, speaking at his granddaughter’s graduation.
“Same-sex Marriage and Plural Marriage”
Ron Den Otter blogs at Balkinization on his new Cambridge book. Very interesting!
“Texas case could alter Statehouse district lines”
“Not Everyone Hates Citizens United: The landmark campaign finance ruling made local TV stations very, very rich.”
Michael Socolow for Slate.
“What Took You So Long, Jeb Bush?”
Seth Meyers on Jeb the Destroyer and campaign finance.
“Shaun McCutcheon Blew Up Campaign-Finance Law and Became a GOP Hero. Then He Set His Sights on Paris Hilton. Inside the marvelous life of a first amendment celebrity.”
Breaking: Federal Court on 2-1 Vote Finds Congressional Districting Plan Unconstitutional Racial Gerrymander
You can read the 105-page opinion and dissent from the three-judge court here. Following remand from the Supreme Court following the Alabama racial gerrymandering case, the three judge court today found that racial considerations predominated over others in the… Continue reading
“Race, Federalism, and Voting Rights”
Guy Charles and Luis Fuentes-Rohwer have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
In Shelby County v. Holder, the Court struck down an important provision of the Voting Rights Act, section 4, on federalism grounds. The Court argued… Continue reading
“Hillary Clinton Says G.O.P. Rivals Try to Stop Young and Minority Voters”
Quote of the Day: Celebrity Justice Division
“Nino Scalia, at one point, was hounded by me on one case and Ruth on another,” Sotomayor recounted. “And he looked at me and he said, ‘you know why I love you? You are a bulldog. You put your head… Continue reading
“Democrats’ Supreme Court Litmus Test: Citizens United”
Sahil Kapur writes for Bloomberg.
“Voting Case Has Potential to Put House Further Out of Reach for Democrats”
Nate Cohn on Evenwel for NYT’s The UpShot.
Nate Persily on The Supreme Court’s Big Data Problem in Evenwel
Politico:
Legitimate philosophical arguments can be made in favor of using one set of statistics over another — just as one could argue that some concerns in redistricting, such as keeping counties or communities intact, should override the concern… Continue reading