The Supreme Court yesterday, in 6-3 and 7-2 decisions, interpreted anti-discrimination statutes to include retaliation against employees as "discrimination" even when this was not explicit in the statutory text. The latter case, Crocs West, was a relatively easy case upholding long-standing precedent and the unanimous...
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Responding to a WaPo editorial suggesting that Obama offer a Supreme Court appointment to Hillary Clinton, Mori Dinauer interestingly points out that such an offer would seem to be illegal..
McCain, again trying to shore up his conservative credentials, is heaping criticism on Barack Obama for voting against the confirmation of Chief Justice John Roberts (Hillary Clinton also voted against.
Like Josh Patashnik, I'm puzzled by Anna Quindlen's claim that the judiciary is the most powerful branch of the federal government. Patashnik notes the relatively narrow scope of the recent decisions Quindlen cites, which is terms of their impact are obviously dwarfed by, say, the...
What Baze hath wrought.Good to know that Texas is getting all fired up to execute a dude in a wheelchair.
Jack Balkin makes an excellent point here. Defenses of the Supreme Court upholding the Indiana voter ID law claim that the requirement will somehow be part of a political bargain.
Talk about ripped from the headlines. No, no one would *ever* address our Supreme Court this way, nor would the Court let her or him. But, hey, a law student can dream.
In light of Scalia once again dismissing those who consider Bush v. Gore less than a noble application of constitutional principle, this passage from his concurrence in Crawford can only.
Dismayingly but not surprisingly, the Supreme Court upheld Indiana's Imaginary Vote Fraud and Democratic Vote Suppression Act today. Vote was 6-3, Stevens joining the majority and writing for the plurality,.
Antonin Scalia continues to tell people to "get over" the disgraceful decision in Bush v. Gore. As he must know, that won't happen. Since he continues to do things like say that the equal protection rationale was "7-2," it's worth repeating exactly why the decision...
Given what bean correctly identifies as the complexity of today's ruling in Baze v. Rees, I'll have to leave discussion of the fractured holding until tomorrow. For now, let me.
The Supreme Court just rejected 7-2 a constitutional challenge to the 3-injection lethal injection protocol. Details to come. The case is Baze v. Rees. Good to know that Supreme Court.