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June 2019 Archive
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Opinion analysis: No role for courts in partisan gerrymandering (Updated)
Editor’s Note: This post, first published at 1:17 p.m., was expanded at 8:50 p.m. The Supreme Court issued a decision today that could have a significant and long-term effect on elections and legislatures across the country.
Opinion analysis: Court upholds warrantless blood tests for unconscious drunk-driving suspects
Yesterday a divided Supreme Court ruled that the Fourth Amendment generally does not bar states from taking a blood sample from an unconscious drunk-driving suspect without a warrant.
Gerrymandering symposium: Time to find someone else to solve partisan gerrymandering
Andrew Pinson is the Solicitor General of Georgia. Georgia joined nine other states in filing an amicus brief in support of the appellants in Rucho v. Common Cause.
Gerrymandering symposium: Janus-like judicial restraint in political gerrymanders and the census
Ken Klukowski is Of Counsel at First Liberty Institute, Senior Legal Analyst for Breitbart News and Senior Fellow at the American Civil Rights Union. Observers studying the partisan-gerrymander cases on the last day of the Supreme Court’s term would have at least two takeaways: First, this is the Roberts Court in every sense of the word.
Gerrymandering symposium: Court to foxes — Please guard henhouse
Benjamin D. Battles is the Vermont solicitor general. Vermont, along with 20 other states and the District of Columbia, submitted an amicus curiae brief in Rucho v. Common Cause. The Supreme Court has declared the federal judiciary closed for business when it comes to partisan gerrymandering.
Census symposium: Unusual facts make for unusual decisions
Nicholas Bronni serves as the solicitor general for the state of Arkansas, which co-authored an amicus brief joined by 14 other states supporting the government in Department of Commerce v. Southern District of New York.
Census symposium: The unanswered census question
Kaylan Phillips serves as litigation counsel for the Public Interest Legal Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public-interest law firm dedicated to election integrity.
Census symposium: A win for the deep state
Christopher J. Hajec is Director of Litigation at the Immigration Reform Law Institute, which filed an amicus brief in support of the administration in Department of Commerce v. New York.
Census symposium: A place for pretext in administrative law?
Jennifer Nou is Professor of Law and Ronald H. Coase Teaching Scholar at University of Chicago Law School. With Department of Commerce v. New York, the Trump administration continues its losing streak in court under the Administrative Procedure Act.