Monday round-up

This weekend’s coverage of the Court focused on remarks made by Justices Samuel Alito and Antonin Scalia at the Federalist Society’s annual National Lawyers Convention. On Thursday night, Justice Alito spoke to roughly 1500 attendees aboutCitizens United v. FEC, his law school education, and the Constitution. Coverage of the Justice’s remarks comes from Todd Ruger at theBlog of the Legal Timesand Mark Sherman of theAssociated Press. In addition, at the Convention’s conclusion on Saturday afternoon, Justice Scalia spoke about his new book with Bryan Garner,Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts; theFederalist Society’s bloghas coverage of the contents of his speech (h/t Howard Bashman). Finally, in an op-ed for theLos Angeles Times, Michael McGough argues that it is not improper for Justices to speak at such events, but he also urges the Justices to accept invitations from groups that do not share their judicial philosophies.

Briefly:

• AtJURIST, Douglas NeJaime argues that in the wake of increasing popular support for same-sex marriage,opponents of same-sex marriage will find it more challenging “to paint the judiciary and the US Supreme Court in particular as an overreaching, out-of-touch institution on the question of same-sex marriage.”
• In TheNew York Times, Adam Cohen reviews John JenkinssThe Partisan, a new biography of former Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
• Michael Kirkland ofUPIpreviewsShelby County v. Holder, in which the Court will consider the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.