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.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“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.
“U.S. Supreme Court wades into Texas political district fight”
Chuck Lindell for the Austin-American Statesman.
I Talked on the Yale Press Podcast about My New Book on Justice Scalia’s Legacy
Ken Jost Interviews Me About My New Book on Justice Scalia’s Legacy at the Washington Independent Review of Books
I appreciated the opportunity to do this Q & A with Ken at the Washington Independent Review of Books about my new book, The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption.
I linked earlier to his review… Continue reading
Watch My Chicago-Kent Keynote About Justice Scalia and His Election Cases
Alternative link.
I have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming: Chicago-Kent Law Review) based on this talk. Here is the abstract:
This Address builds upon ideas first presented in Richard L. Hasen, After Scalia: The Future of United States Election… Continue reading
Videos of Me Discussing My Book on Justice Scalia’s Legacy with Joan Biskupic, Adam Liptak & Sue Bloch, Adam Winkler, Erwin Chemerinsky, and Henry Weinstein (and National Constitution Center event)
In connection with the release of my new book, The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption, I’ve given a number of talks. Some of these are now available on video:
Mar. 5 (Video)… Continue reading
“High profile cases may pull Neil Gorsuch in different directions”
Steve Mazie for The Economist.
The “Whelan Way:” Ed Whelan’s Bad Faith and Nasty Attack on My Book on Justice Scalia’s Legacy
I believe that the author of a book ordinarily should allow it to speak for itself, and let readers read the book and critiques before making their own determination about the relative merits of the book’s arguments. But Ed Whelan,… Continue reading
“An Antidote for Gobbledygook: Organizing the Judge’s Partisan Gerrymandering Toolkit into a Two-Part Test”
Sam Wang and Brian Remlinger have posted this timely draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The Supreme Court appears ready to limit extreme partisan gerrymanders. However, defining “extreme” is a challenging proposition, since individual states differ in their political… Continue reading
“When You’re Getting Reamed For Saying It’s OK To Compare Gay People To Murderers, Doubling Down On Calling Justice Sotomayor ‘Thuggish’ Ought To Fix Things”
Joe Patrice for Above the Law.
Monday at Noon Pacific: Henry Weinstein Interviews Me About My New Scalia Book
On Monday at noon pacific, my UCI Law colleague and former LA Times legal reporter Henry Weinstein will interview me about my new book on Justice Scalia’s complex legacy.
Watch the livestream.