Every post published in January 2010, most recent first.
The final briefs seeking to shape the Supreme Court’s coming decision on the reach of the Second Amendment’s protection of gun rights suggested Friday that states might be free to violate other parts of the Bill of Rights, if too narrow a view is taken of the constitutional liberties that state and local governments must respect.
Craig S. Lerner (George Mason University School of Law) and Nelson Lund (George Mason University School of Law) have posted “Judicial Duty and the Supreme Court’s Cult of Celebrity” on SSRN, see here. The piece is forthcoming in the George Washington Law Review.
NOTE TO READERS: The following is in two parts: first, an analysis of a “dialogue” between President Obama and Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., during Wednesday night’s State of the Union message; and, second, a commentary about the incident’s propriety.) ———————– Analysis Supreme Court
President Obama’s criticism of the Supreme Court’s recent Citizens United decision in Wednesday’s State of the Union address dominated the headlines yesterday and today. A number of news outlets commented yesterday on Justice Alito’s immediate reaction to the criticism.
This week, our sister site, SCOTUSwiki, was updated to include a number of last week’s merits-stage filings.
Commentary on the Citizens United decision lingers in the headlines of Supreme Court coverage. The topic was revived as a news item by President Obama’s sharp criticism of the decision in his State of the Union address last night.
Robert G. Bone (Boston University School of Law) has posted “Plausibility Pleading Revisited and Revised: A Comment on Ashcroft v. Iqbal” on SSRN, see here.
As our publisher Tom Goldstein noted earlier this Term, SCOTUSblog is striving to be an ever more impartial, journalistic organization.
(NOTE TO READERS: The following post is updated, and completed, as of 1:19 p.m.) —————————— Clearly operating on the premise that the Supreme Court last week changed the entire legal landscape for money in politics, the D.C. Circuit Court appeared on Wednesday to be leaning strongly toward giving even more freedom to campaign groups that are set up to operate independently of candidates and parties.
Last Thursday’s ruling in Citizens United v. FEC continues to be the overwhelming focus of Supreme Court coverage and commentary.