There’s a “Notorious RBG;” Why No “Grandmaster Steve” (Breyer)?
Jacob Gershman explores my SCOTUS celebrity index over at the WSJ law blog.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“Which justices give the most speeches? Sotomayor tops law prof’s ‘celebrity index'”
“Poll Shows Americans Favor Overhaul of Campaign Financing”
NYT:
Americans of both parties fundamentally reject the regime of untrammeled money in elections made possible by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling and other court decisions and now favor a sweeping overhaul of how political campaigns are financed,… Continue reading
Bauer on McCutcheon, Evenwel, and the Meaning of “Constituent”
“Dignity and Discriminatory Intent: What the Marriage Equality Cases Tell Us About Voter ID”
Ellen Katz has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming University of Chicago Legal Forum). here is the abstract:
Two years after Shelby County v. Holder and United States v. Windsor, a good deal of litigation has addressed the legality of… Continue reading
“When the Supreme Court is this wrong, it’s time to overrule them”
Dorris Kearns Goodwin and Jeff Clements want a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.
Celebrity SCOTUS on Press Play
I spoke with KCRW’s Madeline Brand about my new study on reported public appearances of Supreme Court Justices, 1960-2014.
Ed Blum Hints He’ll Be Done After Trying to Knock Out Affirmative Action, Voting Rights Act, and One Person, One Vote
TPM:
Evenwel v. Abbott is the culmination of Blum’s decades long effort to take on racially-influenced redistricting, having failed twice before with “one person, one vote” cases that stopped at the Supreme Court’s doorstep. It is expected to be… Continue reading
“In Supreme Court redistricting case, it’s the ‘whole number of persons'”
Ackerman and Ayres LAT oped.
“Justices Get Out More, but Calendars Aren’t Open to Just Anyone”
Adam Liptak NYT Sidebar column on Justices’ appearances features my new research:
The recent flurry of public appearances is part of a trend that has been decades in the making. As the court’s workload has dropped, the justices have found… Continue reading
“Essay: Celebrity Justice: Supreme Court Edition”
I have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
It is not your imagination. Supreme Court Justices are in the news more than ever, whether they are selling books, testifying before Congress, addressing a Federalist Society, or American… Continue reading
“One Person, One Vote? The Supreme Court will consider whether equality of representation requires equal numbers of eligible voters, or equal numbers of people.”
Garrett Epps for The Atlantic.
“Contra Costa Times editorial: Two Supreme Court cases threaten to unravel California election reform”
Before the Supreme Court Term Ends, It Could Take Another Blockbuster Elections Case
Kobach v. EAC is getting close to the end of briefing and a decision on whether to take the case. [Update: The government’s brief in opposition is here.] The case could be a doozy on the question of federal… Continue reading