“Justice Kennedy May Soon Find Himself Disappointed And His Legacy Undermined”
Nina Totenberg analysis for NPR.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“Kennedy’s Retirement Could Threaten Efforts to End Partisan Gerrymandering”
Michael Wines for the NY Times:
For 14 years, as partisan gerrymanders across the country grew more extreme, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy came to symbolize hopes that the Supreme Court would eventually rein them in.
His retirement this week did… Continue reading
Today’s Must-Read: “Inside the White House’s Quiet Campaign to Create a Supreme Court Opening”
Adam Liptak and Maggie Haberman at the NYT with some scintillating details of the effort to butter up Justice Kennedy.
Unfortunately it has led to some nutty conspiracy theories about Justice Kennedy deciding cases to help Trump for corrupt reasons.… Continue reading
Watch the Archived Video of ACS Supreme Court Term in Review Event Today, via C-SPAN
It was great to be part of this very interesting (albeit depressing) discussion.
Supreme Court Issues Opinion in North Carolina Racial Gerrymandering Case
Scroll down to page 18 of the orders and you will find a per curiam opinion in the Covington case.
No big surprise here. The Court agrees that the district court had the power to cure racial gerrymanders it found,… Continue reading
Breaking: Supreme Court affirms without opinion lower court order rejecting partisan gerrymandering claim in North Carolina
Breaking: Supreme Court affirms without opinion lower court order rejecting partisan gerrrymandering claim in North Carolina https://t.co/GDhucsNWGM But two other cases remain pending and will work their way back to Court next term. This is somewhat of a surprise /1… Continue reading
Speaking Thursday at ACS Law Supreme Court Term in Review in D.C.
With the Kennedy retirement (my thoughts here and here), this should be a doozy of an event. C-SPAN is scheduled to cover.
The 2017-2018 Supreme Court Review
June 28, 2018
12:00 PM – 02:00 PM
Event Location:
National Press… Continue reading
I Spoke to Jacob Weisberg on Today’s Slate Trumpcast About the Battle to Fill Justice Kennedy’s Seat
You can find a link to listen here.
“The Only Thing That Might Stop Trump From Replacing Kennedy With a Scalia Clone”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Buckle up, folks. If you did not like what the Supreme Court has done in the last few weeks on voting rights, public-sector unions, and Trump’s travel ban, things are going… Continue reading
Early Thoughts on Justice Kennedy’s Retirement
Following my prediction of a Kennedy retirement yesterday over at Slate, I’m adding my early thoughts to this tweet thread.
More later.
3-Judge Court in North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case Sets Quick Schedule to Potentially Get Case Back Up to #SCOTUS
As I expected, the 3 judge court in the North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case has set a quick schedule to consider standing issues under Gill following a Supreme Court remand.
Briefs are due July 11.
Assuming the lower court… Continue reading
“The Redistricting Cases Are Not About Gerrymandering, They’re About Imposing Proportional Representation”
James Lucas for National Review.
What About the *Other* Case Claiming Partisan Gerrymandering in North Carolina?
Michael Li reminds us:
Side note: There actually is a third North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case – Harris v. Cooper – that still is awaiting some action by SCOTUS. It also had been set for conference last week, but… Continue reading
How Appealing Roundup of Stories on Texas Redistricting Decision
You can find it here.
You can also read my Slate piece on the decision, “Suppression of Minority Voting Rights Is About to Get Way Worse; The Supreme Court has put its thumb on the scales in favor of discriminatory … Continue reading