Category Archives: Supreme Court

“Networking the Party: First Amendment Rights & the Pursuit of Responsive Party Government”

August 16, 2017, 9:02 amcampaign finance, political parties, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Tabatha Abu El-Haj has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article argues that the Supreme Court’s party jurisprudence is predicated on a set of theoretical assumptions that do not hold true in the real world of… Continue reading

“Gerrymandering and the Constitutional Norm Against Government Partisanship”

August 16, 2017, 7:19 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

This looks good! Michael Kang has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Michigan Law Review). Here is the abstract: The Article challenges the basic premise in the law of partisan gerrymandering that government partisan purpose is constitutional at all. The… Continue reading

“Racial Gerrymandering and Vote Dilution: Shaw v. Reno in Doctrinal Context”

August 14, 2017, 7:35 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

James Blumstein has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Rutgers Law Journal). Here is the abstract: In the opening sentence of her opinion for the Court in Shaw v. Reno, the North Carolina racial gerrymander case, Justice O’Connor observed that… Continue reading

Likely the Most Important Brief Filed in the WI Partisan Gerrymandering Case Supports Neither Party

August 10, 2017, 3:23 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

This from Bernie Grofman and Keith Gaddie (with the great Josh Rosenkranz as counsel of record) may be the most important brief filed in the Gill case case: Amici seek to assist the Court in understanding recent developments in social… Continue reading

“Justice Dept. sides with Ohio’s purge of inactive voters in case headed to Supreme Court”

August 8, 2017, 9:26 pmNVRA (motor voter), Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

SCOTUSBlog Symposium on Gill v. Whitford, the WI Partisan Gerrymandering Case

August 8, 2017, 8:33 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

First entries from: Amy Howe (explainer). Thomas Wolf.

Coming This Spring: My New Book on Justice Scalia

August 8, 2017, 7:49 amScalia, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Yale University Press: The Justice of Contradictions Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption Engaging, but caustic and openly ideological, Antonin Scalia was among the most influential justices to serve on the United States Supreme Court in generations. In this… Continue reading

C-SPAN to Air 7th Annual UCI Law Supreme Court Term in Review on Wed at 8 PM Eastern

August 7, 2017, 10:53 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

You can watch here, from the event back in July. Panelists Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Professor of Law, UC Berkeley Law School, Founding Dean, UCI Law Hon. Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Hon. … Continue reading

Republican National Committee Files SCOTUS Brief Arguing Against Finding of Partisan Gerrymandering in WI Case

August 3, 2017, 5:58 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Read it here.

“The Institutional Case for Partisan Gerrymandering Claims”

August 3, 2017, 2:01 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Mike Parsons has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: For voters hoping the Supreme Court’s 2017 Term brings relief from partisan gerrymandering, the end of the 2016 Term was inauspicious. In Cooper v. Harris, the majority assumed… Continue reading

CCP Files Brief in SCOTUS Travel Ban Case on Free Speech of Candidates

August 3, 2017, 12:07 pmcampaigns, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Interesting read. You can find my contrary views in this Slate piece.

Warrington and Buzas: Are Chen and Cotrell Right About Net Partisan Gains in Partisan Gerrymandering Cases?

August 3, 2017, 7:56 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Greg Warrington and Jeff Buzas, which may be relevant to the upcoming Supreme Court partisan gerrymandering case: I am grateful to Rick Hasen for the opportunity to post here about my recent… Continue reading