Friday round-up

On Thursday, Justices Breyer and Kennedy testified before the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee on a range of subjects, including the negative impact the sequester may have on access to justice and the problems with introducing cameras into Supreme Court oral arguments.  Coverage comes from Greg Stohr of Bloomberg, Jess Bravin (here and here, [...]

Thursday round-up

With the Court between oral argument sittings, yesterday’s coverage focused on several upcoming cases. Greg Toppo of USA Today  interviews David Boies, one of the lead attorneys for the couples challenging California’s Proposition 8 in Hollingsworth v. Perry.  At Balkinization, Jack Balkin notes that “one of the strongest influences on the Justices, and especially Justice Kennedy, was [...]

Wednesday round-up

As Lyle Denniston reported for this blog, yesterday the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that it would bypass en banc review of a recent D.C. Circuit Court decision on the president’s authority to make recess appointments to government offices when the Senate is out of town.  Instead, the NLRB will seek review directly in [...]

Tuesday round-up

With the Court in between oral argument sittings, yesterday’s coverage looks ahead to cases the Court will review in the coming weeks. On March 18, the Court will hear Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., in which it will consider whether a state law requiring voters to show proof of U.S. citizenship before [...]

Friday round-up

Yesterday’s coverage of the Court remained focused on last week’s oral arguments in Shelby County v. Holder, the challenge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.  At FiveThirtyEight, Nate Silver examines the Chief Justice’s comparison of voting statistics for Mississippi and Massachusetts, as well as Nina Totenberg’s conclusion for NPR (which Marissa covered in Monday’s [...]

Thursday round-up

Yesterday’s coverage of the Court again focused on last week’s oral arguments in Shelby County v. Holder, the challenge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. At this blog, Amy reports on the argument (with audio) in Plain English, while Linda Greenhouse argues in her Opinionator column for The New York Times that “[t]he Roberts court stands [...]

Will Section 5 survive? The Shelby v. Holder argument in Plain English (with audio)

On Wednesday morning, the Court spent seventy-six minutes – well more than the one hour originally allotted – deliberating the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which requires states and local governments with a history of discrimination to get permission from the federal government before making any changes, no matter [...]

Wednesday round-up

Coverage of the Court yesterday continued to focus on the Court’s recent decisions as well as cases pending this Term.  At The Conglomerate, David Zaring covers the two securities law decisions issued last week:  Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust and Gabelli v. Securities and Exchange Commission.  At Cato@Liberty, Ilya Shapiro discusses the [...]

Tuesday round-up

Yesterday the Court issued one opinion and orders from its March 1 Conference. In an opinion by Justice Ginsburg, the Court held in Levin v. United States that a veteran can pursue his lawsuit against the United States alleging that a Navy doctor performed cataract surgery without his consent. Coverage comes from Debra Cassens Weiss [...]

Monday round-up

This weekend’s coverage of the Court included continued discussion of the Obama Administration’s brief in Hollingsworth v. Perry, as well as additional commentary on last week’s oral arguments in Shelby County v. Holder. As Lyle reported for this blog (and as Rachel covered in Friday’s round-up), on Thursday, the Obama Administration filed its amicus brief in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the challenge to California’s Proposition 8. [...]

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