Monday round-up
By Marissa Miller
on Jul 30, 2012
This weekends coverage of the Court focused on recent remarks by Justice Antonin Scalia. In an interview with Fox News, the Justice discussed gun control and the Courts recent Second Amendment cases, responded to criticism of his dissent inUnited States v. Arizona, and spoke about the tension or the lack thereof at the Court following the health care decision. The video of the interview can be foundhere. Coverage of Justice Scalias comments on gun control come fromFox Newsand The Wall Street JournalsWashington Wire, while coverage of hisArizona dissent appears atBloombergand The Wall Street JournalsWashington Wire.
Briefly:
- TheWashington Posts Brad Plumer discusses Jonathan Adlers recentpostat The Percolator blog on the possible implications of the health care decision for the Clean Air Act.
- In an op-ed forForbes, DonSusswein argues that the Chief Justice is correct thatthe individual mandate is a tax because it only applies to individuals who are already subject to the existing income tax.
- AtUPI, Michael Kirkland discusses how the Courts recent Second Amendment decisions inform thecalls for more gun control after the Aurora, Colorado shooting.
- In honor of the Olympics, Ruthann Robson revisits the Courts 1987 decision in San Francisco Arts and Athletics v. U.S. Olympic Committee at Constitutional Law Prof Blog.
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Monday round-up,
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