“Court Won’t Review N.C. Vote Restrictions, But More to Come”
Marcia Coyle writes for NLJ.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“Political Speech or Corruption?”
WaPo editorial on Citizens United and Menendez.
#SCOTUS Didn’t Mean It When They Said It Dep’t
Brad Smith trying to recast the holding of Citizens United in the NYT:
“The court’s position is pretty simple, and it is not that independent expenditures can never create gratitude in an officeholder,” said Bradley A. Smith, a professor of… Continue reading
“The Menendez Case Proves the Supreme Court Was Naive About Campaign Finance Laws”
Christian Farias writes for TNR.
“Menendez indictment marks first big corruption case involving a super PAC”
Must-read Matea Gold in WaPo:
“You just see that everything that goes on behind the scenes confirms people’s worst fears: that someone can swear that there’s no quid pro quo and no deals, but it’s very hard to know if… Continue reading
“Plutocrats United,” to Be Released in January, Now Available for Preorder
I’m thrilled to announce that Amazon is now accepting pre-orders for my book, due out Jan. 2016, Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections. From the description of the book on the Yale… Continue reading
“Protest at the Supreme Court. Only problem? Few reporters were there to see it.”
“Constitution Check: Who has a right to speak up in the Supreme Court?”
Video of @99Rise Campaign Finance Protest Inside Supreme Court Today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5TpVEmM6W8
99 Rise Says It Has Disrupted #SCOTUS Again, with Campaign Finance Messages
Press release via email:
Six members of the grassroots organization 99Rise disrupted the nation’s highest Court this morning, issuing a series of statements protesting recent court rulings that facilitate enormous increases in campaign spending by a tiny fraction the wealthiest… Continue reading
Nick Stephanopoulos on the Alabama Redistricting Case
Here is a guest blog post from Nick Stephanopoulos:
The rapidly congealing conventional wisdom is that last week’s Alabama redistricting case was no big deal. And the conventional wisdom is mostly right. The case confirmed the prevailing understanding of… Continue reading
“Supreme Court asks Virginia panel to reexamine redistricting decision”
“After the Override: An Empirical Analysis of Shadow Precedent”
Brian Broughman and Deborah Widiss have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Abstract:
The ability of Congress to override judicial interpretations of statutory language is central to legislative supremacy. Both political science and legal scholarship assume, often… Continue reading
Richard Epstein Endorses Justice Thomas Approach in Alabama Redistricting Case
Here, in “Wanted: A Color-Blind Voting Law.”