Category Archives: Supreme Court
Public Citizen/Democracy 21 Brief in SCOTUS Judicial Campaign Solicitation Case
Here.
Supreme Court to Hear Arizona Redistricting Case March 2
So reports Kimberly Robinson.
“NC Supreme Court upholds GOP-drawn legislative, congressional districts”
News and Observer:
Twelve months after hearing arguments in the case, the N.C. Supreme Court issued a ruling Friday upholding the Republican-led redrawing of state congressional and legislative districts in 2011.
But the NAACP and other organizations that challenged… Continue reading
“Supreme Court Eyes Review of Case Challenging FEC Corporate PAC Rules”
Bloomberg BNA:
The Supreme Court is set to consider at the justices’ private conference Jan. 9 whether to review a long-running constitutional challenge to campaign finance restrictions on corporate political action committees, which was brought by the PAC of… Continue reading
“Denying Deference: Civil Rights and Judicial Resistance to Administrative Constitutionalism”
Bertrall Ross has posted this draft on SSRN (University of Chicago Legal Forum). Here is the abstract:
What determines the level of deference the Supreme Court gives to agency interpretations of statutes? One explanation is that deference choices accord with… Continue reading
“Who Wants to Buy a Politician?”
Binyamin Applebaum NYT magazine column.
“Citizens United at Work: How the Landmark Decision Legalized Political Coercion in the Workplace”
New Harvard Law Review student note.
“The Ruth Bader Ginsburg Taboo”
Politico on Justice Ginsburg’s recent health issues and the possibility no one wants to discuss.
“The Pernicious Effects of Gerrymandering”
Norm Ornstein on the Arizona case coming to SCOTUS.
Brennan Center’s Wendy Weiser Responds to Nate Cohn/NYT on Voter ID Laws
Judge Posner on the Drafting History of Gray v. Sanders
From Ron Collins’ great Posner on Posner series:
Professor Robert M. O’Neil: Perhaps your most remarkable contribution as a Supreme Court clerk for Justice William Brennan was the total change in the status of Gray v. Sanders (1963). You… Continue reading
Paul Clement Brief for Arizona in SCOTUS Redistricting Case Filed
Here.
“If The Supreme Court Reads This Study, It Could End Partisan Gerrymandering Forever”
Ian Millhiser writes.
I was surprised to see no mention of Voting Rights Act requirements in drawing these districts.