Monthly Archives: July 2019
Fred Gray: Lawyer for Rosa Parks, MLK Jr., Dr. Gomillion
Fred Gray, now 88 years old, is one of the major lawyers of the civil-rights movement, though my sense is he is less well-known nationally than he ought to be, perhaps because he has spent his life in Alabama. Randy… Continue reading
Joey Fishkin: Rucho: A Sinkhole Dangerously Close to the House (Rucho symposium)
The following is a guest post from Joey Fishkin, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho:
When I teach Rucho,
I expect it will pair well with Colegrove
v. Green, the long-overruled 1946 case in which… Continue reading
Michael Ramsey on Common Cause v. Rucho
Michael Ramsey, one of the leading scholars/defenders of originalism, has a post on Rucho at The Originalism Blog that offers a distinct assessment of the decision. Critics of Rucho will like the first half of his analysis, but not the… Continue reading
Ned Foley: Blame the Constitution, Not the Court (Rucho Symposium)
The following is a guest post from Ned Foley, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho:
Partisan
gerrymandering should be unconstitutional, but the Supreme Court has ruled otherwise.
Anger
at Chief Justice Roberts for this 5-4… Continue reading