Blog Round-Up – Thursday, February 2nd

Here and here, the Election Law Blog has posted the briefs in the Texas redistricting case. Rick Hasen also has this post on Wisconsin Right-to-Life. The plaintiffs in the case have asked for expedited review on remand, which may put the case back before the Supreme Court this term.

Sentencing Law & Policy has this post on Justice Alito’s vote in the Taylor case. Orin Kerr comments on Volokh here.

On the Volokh Conspiracy, Randy Barnett has this post on Justice Scalia’s 1988 Taft Lecture, “Originalism: The Lesser Evil,” The blog also has this post on this New York Time article on “the consolidation of conservative gains on the Supreme Court.”

Randy Barnett will deliver this year’s Taft Lecture today. It is titled, “Scalia’s Infidelity: A Critique of Faint-Hearted Originalism.” Legal Theory Blog comments here.

The Washington Post’s blog has put up this video of Justice Alito being sworn in at the White House.

BlackProf has this post on “Justice Alito, the End of Affirmative Action, and the Critique of Rights.”