At 6:30pm on Wednesday March 1st, The American Constitution Society is hosting a panel discussion titled: “The Advocates Speak: Texas Redistricting Cases.” The cases are League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry, 05-204; Travis County v. Perry, 05-254; Jackson v. Perry, 05-276; and GI Forum of Texas v. Perry, 05- 439. It will feature:
Debo P. Adegbile, NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Renea Hicks, Law Office of Max Renea Hicks
Sam Hirsch, Jenner & Block LLP
Leonard Shambon, WilmerHale
David Urias, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
The event will be held at Houston Hall, Classroom One at the Howard University School of Law which is at 2900 Van Ness St. NW.
In other news:
Here is Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu with an article on Slate asking if the Supreme Court clerks are “staffers.”
Concurring Opinions has this post on “John Paul Stevens in Picture and Song.” Concurring Opinions also has this post on Justice Roberts’ opinion in Gonzalez v. O Centro Espirit a Beneficente Uniao Do Vegetal.
Here are PrawfsBlawg and Ann Althouse with posts on Justice Rehnquist’s legacy.
Here is Balkinization with a post on South Dakota’s new abortion ban.