Category Archives: Supreme Court

“Campaign Finance Laws Poised for Rollback Under Trump”

November 14, 2016, 11:30 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Must-read Roll Call: Von Spakovsky, who manages the Election Law Reform Initiative at the conservative Heritage Foundation, says he’s hopeful that McConnell and Trump, along with a Republican House, will greatly increase the limits on donations to party committees and… Continue reading

“How President Trump Could Reshape the Supreme Court—and the Country”

November 14, 2016, 11:21 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Jeffrey Rosen in Politico: A 6-3 conservative court could cut back on abortion rights by upholding state regulations on abortion clinics and providers, and eventually even strike down Roe v. Wade. (In the third presidential debate, Trump said that because… Continue reading

“The Year Ahead in Racial and Political Gerrymandering Law”

November 14, 2016, 11:06 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Extensive analysis from Michael Parsons.

“The Resurgence of Campaign Finance Regulation, Trumped?”

November 14, 2016, 11:01 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Steve Klein blogs.

ATL: Supreme Court Releases Statement Signalling Justice Kennedy Not Planning to Leave Court Soon

November 11, 2016, 10:43 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Following up on this post, David Lat of Above the Law has obtained this statement from the Court: Justice Kennedy is in the process of hiring clerks for 2017. The Justice didn’t go to Salzburg this past summer because it… Continue reading

Bert Rein, Lawyer for Shelby County, Says Maybe #SCOTUS Decision Good Because It Deterred “Some Illegals” from Voting

November 10, 2016, 2:02 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Wow: Both Kang and Hasen said whether the Shelby decision tipped the election is less important than whether it unnecessarily disenfranchised any number of voters, even if it was less than a substantial amount. We put the same question to… Continue reading

Justice Kennedy, Not Thomas, the Next to Go from #SCOTUS?

November 10, 2016, 1:51 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

That’s the rumor, and it appears to have some credibility to it. But maybe not. (Update: More maybe not from David Lat.) I had thought Justice Thomas, given what I heard of rumblings he had had enough. Of course,… Continue reading

“What the Trump Presidency Means for the Supreme Court”

November 10, 2016, 8:49 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Adam Liptak for the NYT.

“Trump’s victory has enormous consequences for the Supreme Court”

November 10, 2016, 8:39 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Bob Barnes: The political earthquake that hit Tuesday night has enormous consequences for the future of the Supreme Court, swallowing up Judge Merrick Garland’s nomination and dismantling Democratic hopes for a liberal majority on the high court for the first… Continue reading

Linda Greenhouse, Changing Tone, Urges CJ Roberts to Rise Above Politics in North Carolina Voting Case

November 10, 2016, 7:53 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Linda sees what I see, which is the prospect of an even more conservative Court for the next generation. And now rather than criticizing CJ Roberts’ positions on race and voting, she has a different argument: He needs to… Continue reading

“Notorious” Justice Ginsburg Wears Her “Dissent Jabot” While Rome Burns

November 9, 2016, 9:58 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

I said last night that Justice Ginsburg badly miscalculated in not resigning early in Obama’s second term to give him a chance to fill that seat with someone younger (Ginsburg is 83). The future of the Supreme Court was on… Continue reading

Don’t Count on Congress or the Supreme Court to Fix Our Problems with Voting Rights: Things Will Get Worse

November 9, 2016, 12:15 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I’ll have much more to say on this soon. But I just wanted to note this point, as I’ve made earlier, that control of the political branches means control of the Supreme Court. And a conservative Supreme Court will be… Continue reading

Get Ready for the Supreme Court to Strike Down the Rest of McCain-Feingold, the Soft Money Ban

November 9, 2016, 12:11 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I just wrote about the latest Republican challenge to the McCain-Feingold soft money limits. The case is teed up to the Supreme Court: No more Justice Scalia means that Court is likely evenly divided at best on the question. So… Continue reading

What Unified Government Would Mean for Republicans, and The Country

November 8, 2016, 8:59 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

If, as it appears likely, we have a Republican President, Senate, House and Supreme Court, policy and law will shift sharply to the right. Putting aside what that would look like on the merits, it does give us something we… Continue reading