Category Archives: Supreme Court

A Republican Electoral College Hail Mary, and the Current State of the Campaign

October 8, 2016, 8:41 amcampaigns, Supreme Court, UncategorizedRick Hasen

By all accounts, Donald Trump’s Republican presidential campaign is imploding, with the latest revelations from a leaked 2005 “Access Hollywood” taping revealing not only Trump’s disrespect for women but a bragging about what amounts to a sexual assault. (Why… Continue reading

“A Crisis of Representation”

October 7, 2016, 7:17 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

McGann, Smith, Latner, and Keena at Balkinization: In our new book Gerrymandering in America: The House of Representatives, The Supreme Court and the Future of Popular Sovereignty, we look at an ongoing crisis in the way the House… Continue reading

“Voting for Change: The Supreme Court’s Election Law Cases After Scalia”

October 5, 2016, 10:13 amcampaign finance, election administration, redistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I have written this article for the October issue of the OC Lawyer magazine. A snippet: With the Supreme Court gaining unknown new personnel, in the upcoming decade we are likely to see the Court split on ideological and partisan… Continue reading

WI Prosecutors’ Statement on #JohnDoe Cert Denial

October 4, 2016, 4:26 pmcampaign finance, judicial elections, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here. What a shame.

“US Supreme Court rejects John Doe appeal”

October 4, 2016, 3:56 pmcampaign finance, judicial elections, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Wisconsin State Journal: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by three Democratic district attorneys seeking to revive a criminal investigation into Gov. Scott Walker’s recall campaign — effectively ending the legal wrangling over the four-year-old probe. The… Continue reading

“Textualism and Stare Decisis”

September 30, 2016, 7:14 amlegislation and legislatures, statutory interpretation, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

New from Anita Krishnakumar: On the surface, textualism and the doctrine of statutory stare decisis seem to have much in common — both are rule-bound and emphasize predictability and stability in the law, legislative supremacy, the need to limit… Continue reading

“Most Republicans Continue to Disapprove of Supreme Court”

September 29, 2016, 11:59 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Gallup: 67% of Republicans say the court is too liberal 67% of Democrats approve of the court 39% of Americans say court’s ideology is “about right”

“How Mitch McConnell Won the Supreme Court Fight”

September 29, 2016, 7:23 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Joan Biskupic for CNN.

Quote of the Day

September 29, 2016, 7:20 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Would it be unseemly to suggest that only Justice Scalia’s death has preserved democracy in North Carolina? There, I just did. Linda Greenhouse, NYT, Pondering the Supreme Court’s Future

Toobin on the Supreme Court After Scalia

September 26, 2016, 12:47 pmcampaign finance, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here, with quotes on Pam Karlan and Heather Gerken on Citizens United and voting rights.

“Court Leader or Leading Dissenter? Chief Justice’s Fate Tied to Election”

September 25, 2016, 8:37 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Important Adam Liptak Sidebar column.

Full Court Press to Get #SCOTUS to Take Up WI #JohnDoe Case (As It Should)

September 25, 2016, 11:34 amcampaign finance, campaigns, judicial elections, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Lincoln Caplan in the New Yorker. Billy Corriher at Think Progress.

“Justice Kennedy Laments ‘Hostile, Fractious’ U.S. Politics”

September 25, 2016, 10:42 amcampaigns, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

NLJ: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy decried the current state of political discourse on Friday, telling an audience at the International Bar Association conference in Washington that the country’s divisions had reverberations around the globe. “The verdict on freedom… Continue reading

“Texas Asks Supreme Court To Save Voter ID Law After Election”

September 25, 2016, 10:37 amSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

AP: Texas is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to restore its newly weakened voter ID law but not until after the November election. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the request Friday, two months after a federal appeals court ruled… Continue reading