“Political Insiders Plotted the Most Gerrymandered District in America—and Left a Paper Trail”
The Washingtonian on the Maryland gerrymander at issue in Benisek.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
Sen. Grassley: Trump and McConnell Would Push Through SCOTUS Nominee If Vacancy Opens in 2020, Ignoring McConnell’s “Biden Rule” for Judge Garland
Grassley suggests if there’s a SCOTUS vacancy in 2020, GOP will try to fill it with a Trump appointee – unlike in 2016 when McConnell kept it vacant, citing the election year https://t.co/rpEegogmb7
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 11, 2018
“Study: Most Americans want to kill ‘Citizens United’ with constitutional amendment”
“After Garland Defeat, New Group Hopes to Draw Democrats to Judicial Battlefield”
NYT on an important new effort:
Democrats learned the hard way in 2016 that the right is much more animated by judicial fights after Republicans’ refusal to consider the Supreme Court nomination of Merrick B. Garland helped rally conservative voters… Continue reading
Breaking: Ninth Circuit Denies Rehearing En Banc in Montana Campaign Contributions Case, Teeing Up Issue for Possible Supreme Court Review
Back in October, I wrote the following:
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In Major Victory in Case with National Significance, Ninth Circuit on 2-1 Vote Upholds Montana Contribution Limits; Judge Bea Would Appear to Hold *All* Limits Unconstitutional
Posted on October 23, … Continue reading
“Looking Back at Scalia’s Controversial ‘Long Game'”
I did a really great Q and A with Tony Mauro for the May issue of the National Law Journal about my new book, The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption.
I Talked to June Grasso of Bloomberg Law About My Book on Justice Scalia’s Legacy
I had a great conversation with June Grasso of Bloomberg Law about my new book, The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption.
Listen.
Rick Pildes: “Why gerrymandering is going to get even worse”
Smart Rick Pildes at the Monkey Cage:
We have had only two redistricting cycles (2000 and 2010) in this transformed political terrain. When the stakes are so high that partisan control of the House might hang in the balance, more… Continue reading
Does the Chief Justice or Justice Gorsuch Have the Majority Opinion in Gill v. Whitford, the Wisconsin Partisan Gerrymandering Case?
Tea leaf reading from my colleague Leah Litman:
https://twitter.com/LeahLitman/status/988783108194385920
Let me lay out a marker and say that if the Chief has it, I think he’s more likely to be the sixth vote to rein in partisan gerrymandering than the… Continue reading
Texas redistricting and the travel ban
(X-posted at Take Care.)
Two of the last SCOTUS mega-cases of the Term share a little something.
This morning, the Supreme Court hears argument in the Texas redistricting case. Tomorrow, the Court considers Trump’s travel ban. They’re both massive… Continue reading
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case Barring Montana Judicial Candidates from Taking, Using Political Party Endorsements
No noted dissents on today’s order list.
I had thought in reading the cert petition this one had a decent chance of a grant.
“Seven years later: Why everyone is mad in the Texas redistricting fight”
Alexa Ura with the lede of the day (though this curtain raiser is a few weeks old):
Everyone in the Texas redistricting fight is pissed off.
“Scalia’s Goal Of Unwinding Voter Protections Is Becoming A Reality”
[bumping to the top given the upcoming Tuesday argument in the Texas redistricting cases]
I have written this piece for TPM Cafe. It begins:
In a Supreme Court term already bursting with election cases, from two partisan gerrymandering disputes to… Continue reading
“Argument preview: Texas redistricting battles return to the court”
Amy Howe preview for SCOTUSBlog.