Here’s to Wishing a Speedy and Full Recovery to Justice Ginsburg
The Justice had a stent implanted in a minor heart surgical procedure today.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“Response: Conscious Congressional Overriding of the Supreme Court, Gridlock, and Partisan Politics”
Jim Buatti and I have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Texas Law Review See Also). Here is the abstract:
In a pathbreaking 1991 study of congressional overrides, Yale law professor William N. Eskridge found a rise during the… Continue reading
“Campaign Finance and American Democracy”
Yasmin Dawood has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Annual Review of Political Science). Here is the abstract:
This review essay considers the scholarly literature on campaign finance regulation in the United States. It charts the original debate about campaign… Continue reading
Supreme Court Sets Jan. 20 Oral Argument Date in Williams-Yulee Judicial Campaign Solicitation Case
“There Is No ‘Glitch’ in Obamacare”
Simon Lazarus for TNR.
“Texas ID Law Keeps Hundreds of Ballots From Being Counted”
“The SCOTUS Should Reject Alabama’s Congressional Districts”
Jim Sleeper writes at the Washington Monthly.
As a reader points out, the Alabama case is about state legislative districts, not congressional districts.
“Court Rulings Impact Elections in 2014”
That’s the lead story in the November 2014 issue of The Canvass.
“Did Race Play a Role in Alabama Redistricting?”
MHP discusses with Janai Nelson and Amy Howe.
The Critical Federalism Issue at the Heart of the Alabama Redistricting Cases
Justin here, with a thought on last week’s oral argument in two consolidated cases about Alabama’s redistricting process. There’s an issue lurking at the heart of the dispute that may be difficult to spot in the transcript.
The cases concern… Continue reading
Bauer Doesn’t Like Linda Greenhouse’s Comparison of ACA Case to Bush v. Gore
“The test to textualism in King v. Burwell: A Reply to Abbe Gluck”
Looking forward to digging into Jonathan Adler’s analysis, and I hope Abbe Gluck will respond.
Listen to Oral Argument Audio in SCOTUS Alabama Redistricting Case
The Court has now posted it here.
“Guest Blog: Janai Nelson, Race Reasoning in Alabama Redistricting: A View from the Supreme Court”
Here:
If ultimately forced to draw a new plan in the current post-Shelby world, Alabama would no longer have Section 5 to rely on—for better or worse. Instead, it would have to take account of the Voting Rights Act’s… Continue reading