“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.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
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.
Save the Date: 8th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review at UCI Law, July 9
What a lineup!
8th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review
Monday, July 9, 2018, 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Pacific Time
Irvine Barclay Theatre (Map)
Registration and lobby doors open at 9:30 a.m.
Seating begins at 10:00 a.m.
Registration… Continue reading
“Keynote Address: Judging the Political and Political Judging: Justice Scalia as Case Study”
I have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming: Chicago-Kent Law Review). Here is the abstract:
This Address builds upon ideas first presented in Richard L. Hasen, After Scalia: The Future of United States Election Law, 17 AMERIKA HŌ 1 (Koji… Continue reading
Did Justice Scalia Display Anti-Gay Animus?
Ed Whelan, defender of all things Scalia and author of the “This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism” feature on National Review, is in the midst of a multi-post critique of my book (here, here and here).
I’m still… Continue reading
Review of My Book in The American Prospect: “The Scalia Problem: It Wasn’t Originalism or Textualism — It Was Trumpism”
Simon Lazarus reviews my book for The American Prospect. [corrected link]
“What Has 25 Years of Racial Gerrymandering Doctrine Achieved?”
Mike Pitts has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, UC Irvine Law Review). Here is the abstract:
In 1993, Shaw v. Reno created a doctrine of racial gerrymandering that has now been in existence for 25 years. This Article examines… Continue reading
“The Multiple Uses of Justice Scalia”
Calvin TerBeek blogs at Balkinization.
“How Antonin Scalia Was the Trump of the Supreme Court”
Political Wire conversations:
Rick Hasen, author of The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption, joins Chris Riback for a discussion of Scalia’s complex legacy as a conservative legal thinker and disruptor of the nation’s highest… Continue reading
New Blagojevich Cert. Petition Scheduled for Supreme Court Conference on April 13 Raises Circuit Split over When Campaign Contributions Can Violate Federal Anticorruption Laws
Docket. Here’s the question presented:
When the Government prosecutes a public official for soliciting campaign contributions in alleged violation of the Hobbs Act or other federal anticorruption laws, must the Government prove the defendant made an “explicit promise or… Continue reading
“One Theory or Several?”
Ned Foley blogs on the partisan gerrymandering morass at the Supreme Court.
“This Week’s Episode: Voting Wars and Justice Scalia, with Rick Hasen”
Podcast from Take Care:
On a new episode of Versus Trump, Jason talks to Rick Hasen, a leading election law scholar and purveyor of the Election Law Blog, about what’s going on at the voting booth, possible campaign finance… Continue reading
After the Maryland Redistricting Argument at the Supreme Court, Will the Effort to Rein In Partisan Gerrymandering End with a Whimper?
When the Supreme Court agreed to hold a full hearing in the Maryland redistricting case, Benisek v. Lamone, many of us wondered why the Court set a full hearing rather than simply hold the case for resolution of the… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of Erwin Chemerinsky Interviewing Me at the LA ALOUD Program on Justice Scalia’s Legacy and My New Book
Great conversation! (alternative link.)