Linda Greenhouse's typically excellent year-end summary of the year in John Roberts concludes with this chilling reminder: If there is no mystery about the nature of the chief justice’s views, I remain baffled by their origin. Clearly, he doesn’t trust Congress; in describing conservative judges,...
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Showing that at least the homophobic reaction to Windsor and Perry won't be hysterical, Darleen Click would like to inform you that the above cover has destroyed the very concept.
I haven't commented yet on the fascinating Native American and parental rights case Erik mentions below in part because it's a genuinely difficult case and I have yet to reach.
Above: person too dumb to win nomination of party that ran George W. Bush twice. Shorter Verbatim Rick Perry: In fact, even the woman who filibustered the Senate the other day was born into difficult circumstances. She was the daughter of as single woman, she...
Ilya Shapiro has a somewhat longer piece attempting to defend Shelby County v. Holder. Along with Roberts's majority opinion, it's as effective an argument against the outcome of the case.
I'm sure his thoughts
My longer form reaction. Between yesterday's VRA opinion, the minimally acceptable outcome on the Prop 8 case, and the failure to apply clearly heightened scrutiny in Windsor I'm a little subdued, which isn't to deny that this is a major victory for civil rights: In...
Abby Rapoport on what it was andwhat it means. It was the kind of landmark victory that Texas progressives haven’t seen in years—a couple of decades, really. Not surprisingly, conservatives.
[UPDATE]...welcome Dish readers! More coherent thoughts here. Shorter John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and reasonable, moderate, thinking person's most reactionary justice since James McReynolds Sam Alito: "Congress may not.
Paul's piece was worth the wait: The decision in Shelby County is actually more nonsensical than even this outlandish hypothetical suggests. What the Roberts Five actually held is that it’s not merely a bad idea, but actually irrational, for Congress (by a combined vote of...
Shorter Ilya Shapiro: "Section 2 of the 15th Amendment is extraconstiutional."
I don't know about you, but I certainly trust the Texas legislature not to abuse the discretion over voting procedures the Supreme Court just gave them. And, I mean, it's.