I have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, ACS Supreme Court Review).  Here is the abstract: The United States Supreme Court, like the Lord, sometimes works in mysterious ways. Back in the 1990s, a group of conservative activists convinced a… Continue reading

Orders list. Tune in next week to see if the Court grants a hearing in the case for next term (as I’m expecting).

Bob Barnes for WaPo: The Supreme Court could announce as soon as Monday that it is either affirming or reversing the lower court’s decision, or, more likely, accepting the case for full briefing and arguments in the term that begins… Continue reading

The three judge court is acting even before the official mandate from the Supreme Court.  Among other things, the court wants to know who speaks for North Carolina.  A very good question.

The News & Observer reports.

Fascinating Lyle Denniston post: Both sides in a new Supreme Court test case on partisan gerrymandering – drawing new election districts to favor one party – on Tuesday answered the Justices’ questions about whether the case should stay alive,… Continue reading

John Greabe writes on Cooper v. Harris for the Concord Monitor.

Kimberly Robinson for Bloomberg BNA: The U.S. Supreme Court could radically change how states draw their districts for federal and state elections as Republicans and Democrats are preparing to battle over the next redistricting cycle. More than 30 years ago,… Continue reading

Ariane de Vogue for CNN.