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Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, a dissenter to the Supreme Court’s controversial 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission on money in politics, said Wednesday that the Court has already begun paring the scope of that decision, and predicted that it very likely will do so further in future cases.
This is another post in an ongoing series analyzing statistical trends at the Court. For a more complete look at the statistics that we collect on the Court, you can find all of our up-to-date charts and graphs here. Pace of Grants.
Coverage yesterday focused on the speech by retired Justice John Paul Stevens at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, in which he criticized the Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and argued that the Court has already begun to have second thoughts about the decision.
Final update 1:03 pm —————— Without creating any new constitutional right for gays and lesbians to get married, the First Circuit Court on Thursday ruled that Congress did not have the power to intrude on the choice of states — like Massachusetts — to create such a right under state law.
John Elwood reviews Tuesday’s relisted and held cases. Following last week’s flurry of relist activity, the Justices had a sluggish start Tuesday, returning from their Memorial Day barbecues with one summary reversal, no new relists, and no plenary grants from the stable of old chestnuts kicking around One First Street.
Yesterday the Court delivered an opinion in an argued case, summarily reversed in another case, and granted review in one new case.
After the swirl of controversy in the lower courts, the Court’s disposition of RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank is markedly anticlimactic.
The Obama Administration’s plea to speed up an appeals court’s review of the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act’s ban on federal benefits for same-sex married couples has met a temporary setback.
With the help of our reporter, Lyle Denniston, we will be live blogging as orders and opinions are issued today. The Live Blog window is below the jump. Once you see the window and our initial welcome, we ask that you do not refresh your browser. Updates will appear without the need for refreshing.
Professor Poulin is a Professor at Villanova University School of Law. She teaches and writes in the areas of criminal procedure and evidence. In addition, Professor Poulin serves as Co-Reporter for the Committee on Model Criminal Jury Instructions for the Third Circuit.