“How Justice Kennedy’s Successor Could Play A Role In Voting Rights”
Here’s an interview I did on NPR’s Morning Edition.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
Non-Disclosing Groups, on Both Sides of Battle Over Next Supreme Court Nominee, Hit Facebook with Ads
NYT:
Judicial Crisis Network, an organization that promotes conservative judicial nominees, announced last week that it would spend more than $1 million to support Mr. Trump’s nominee. So far, the group has spent as much as $140,000 on a series… Continue reading
On Kavanaugh and Campaign Finance (and Allowing Foreign Interference in Our Elections): Methinks the Bopp Doth Protest Too Much
The National Law Journal has an interesting article on Jim Bopp sending a letter to President Trump and VP Pence arguing against Judge Brett Kavanaugh for SCOTUS on grounds that he’s not deregulatory enough when it comes to campaign finance… Continue reading
Three-Judge District Court Prepares to Wind Down Texas Redistricting Challenge After Nearly 8 Years
Here’s the order.
There’s not much left to do after the Supreme Court killed most of the plaintiffs’ case in Abbott v. Perez.
My take at Slate: Suppression of Minority Voting Rights Is About to Get Way Worse.
“How Justice Kennedy’s Successor Will Wreak Havoc on Voting Rights and American Democracy”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Justice Anthony Kennedy, who announced his retirement from the Supreme Court last week, was certainly the “swing justice” in key cases on major issues from abortion to gay rights. But when… Continue reading
“Supreme Court Defeat for Unions Upends a Liberal Money Base”
NYT:
The Supreme Court decision striking down mandatory union fees for government workers was not only a blow to unions. It will also hit hard at a vast network of groups dedicated to advancing liberal policies and candidates.
Some of… Continue reading
“‘We have to pick a great one’: Inside Trump’s plan for a new Supreme Court justice”
WaPo:
“This president had a vision,” Leo said. “He did something entrepreneurial and different. He had a very clear sense of what he wanted, he spent a lot of time asking questions about [the late] Justice [Antonin] Scalia and Justice… Continue reading
Today’s Must-Read: Adam Liptak’s “How Conservatives Weaponized the First Amendment”
NYT:
On the final day of the Supreme Court term last week, Justice Elena Kagan sounded an alarm.
The court’s five conservative members, citing the First Amendment, had just dealt public unions a devastating blow. The day before, the… Continue reading
“Justice Kennedy May Soon Find Himself Disappointed And His Legacy Undermined”
Nina Totenberg analysis for NPR.
“Kennedy’s Retirement Could Threaten Efforts to End Partisan Gerrymandering”
Michael Wines for the NY Times:
For 14 years, as partisan gerrymanders across the country grew more extreme, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy came to symbolize hopes that the Supreme Court would eventually rein them in.
His retirement this week did… Continue reading
Today’s Must-Read: “Inside the White House’s Quiet Campaign to Create a Supreme Court Opening”
Adam Liptak and Maggie Haberman at the NYT with some scintillating details of the effort to butter up Justice Kennedy.
Unfortunately it has led to some nutty conspiracy theories about Justice Kennedy deciding cases to help Trump for corrupt reasons.… Continue reading
Watch the Archived Video of ACS Supreme Court Term in Review Event Today, via C-SPAN
It was great to be part of this very interesting (albeit depressing) discussion.
Supreme Court Issues Opinion in North Carolina Racial Gerrymandering Case
Scroll down to page 18 of the orders and you will find a per curiam opinion in the Covington case.
No big surprise here. The Court agrees that the district court had the power to cure racial gerrymanders it found,… Continue reading
Breaking: Supreme Court affirms without opinion lower court order rejecting partisan gerrymandering claim in North Carolina
Breaking: Supreme Court affirms without opinion lower court order rejecting partisan gerrrymandering claim in North Carolina https://t.co/GDhucsNWGM But two other cases remain pending and will work their way back to Court next term. This is somewhat of a surprise /1… Continue reading