Wednesday round-up
On Monday Senator Chuck Grassley suggested that he might be willing to consider President Barack Obama’s nominee, Chief Judge Merrick Garland, if enough senators push for a hearing after the November election.
August 2016 Archive
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The Court after Scalia: Affirmative action in a changing Court
Sherrilyn A. Ifill is the president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, which filed an amicus brief in support of respondents in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. How will the confirmation of a ninth Justice affect the future of diversity in higher education?
North Carolina comes up one vote short for stay in election law case
A closely divided Court today denied North Carolina’s request to allow the state to enforce three provisions of its controversial 2013 election law when voters go to the polls for this fall’s general elections.
The Court after Scalia: Standing at the crossroads on voting rights
Richard L. Hasen is Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. When it comes to jurisprudence on voting rights, the Supreme Court stands at a crossroads.
The Court after Scalia: The future of voting rights
Edward Blum, a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, is the president of the Project on Fair Representation, which provided counsel to the petitioners in Shelby County v. Holder and Evenwel v. Abbott. …[In] a government in which they are separated from each other, the judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution….
School board files petition for review on transgender bathrooms
Urging the Justices to resolve the dispute over the use of school bathrooms by trangender students “once and for all,” today a Virginia school board asked the Supreme Court to examine a decision by a federal appeals court in favor of a transgender student who identifies as a boy and wants to be allowed to use the boys’ bathroom.
Tuesday round-up
Yesterday a Virginia school board asked the Supreme Court to review a decision by a federal appeals court in favor of a transgender student who identifies as a boy and wants to use the boys’ bathroom.
Introduction: The Court after Scalia
In the weeks that followed the February 13 death of Justice Antonin Scalia, it became clear that his absence was having a significant impact on the Court.
Monday round-up
Legal action related to transgender Americans and the likelihood that those disputes will end up at the Supreme Court continue to generate coverage.
Challengers respond to North Carolina’s emergency voting rights request
Earlier this month, North Carolina asked the Justices to halt a lower-court ruling that blocked the implementation of its controversial 2013 election law – including provisions requiring voters to present a government-issued photo ID, reducing the number of days when voters can go to the polls before Election Day, and eliminating preregistration for young voters.