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22 Apr 2015, 4:13 am
At Education Week (registration required), Mark Walsh reports on the school-related issues in the case; commentary comes from Steven Mazie at The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Walter Schumm and Jason Carroll at Public Discourse, David Gans at the Constitutional Accountability Center’s Text and History Blog, and Gary Gates at Zócalo Public Square. [read post]
4 Oct 2017, 6:47 pm
”Gerrymanders are unsightly, but worse would be the sight of federal judges becoming political arbiters of every electoral map based on evidence that voters are likely to conclude is itself partisan.An eye-opening Twitter thread by Steven Mazie illustrating how Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Gorsuch appeared to lack knowledge of the statistical methodology involved paints Chief Justice Roberts' comment as more disturbing than the quippy Editorial Board lets on. [read post]
4 Oct 2017, 6:47 pm
”Gerrymanders are unsightly, but worse would be the sight of federal judges becoming political arbiters of every electoral map based on evidence that voters are likely to conclude is itself partisan.An eye-opening Twitter thread by Steven Mazie illustrating how Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Gorsuch appeared to lack knowledge of the statistical methodology involved paints Chief Justice Roberts' comment as more disturbing than the quippy Editorial Board lets on. [read post]
6 Jul 2015, 7:52 am
In The Economist, Steven Mazie discusses Arizona State Legislature v. [read post]
13 Oct 2015, 3:45 am
” In an op-ed for The Washington Post, Steven Mazie argues that the Court “has often been a lightning rod of controversy in its 226 years, but never before have so many darts been lobbed at the institution from so many points on the political spectrum. [read post]
31 Jan 2017, 6:53 pm
Bender and Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal, as well as Sara Randazzo, who also wrote on Gorsuch’s business opinions; Robert Barnes of The Washington Post, who also wrote on Justice Kennedy’s role and Gorsuch’s key decisions; Michael Memoli of the Los Angeles Times, as well as David Savage; Julie Pace and Mark Sherman of the Associated Press; Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed; Shane Goldmacher, Josh Gerstein and Matthew Nussbaum of Politico, as well as Jennifer Haberkorn; Greg… [read post]
29 May 2015, 3:51 am
In The Economist, Steven Mazie discusses the recent vote in Ireland in favor of same-sex marriage and what, if anything, it might mean for the Supreme Court’s decision in the pending challenges to state bans on same-sex marriage. [read post]
24 Sep 2015, 5:52 am
” In The Economist, Steven Mazie discusses Apple’s plans to ask the Court to review a ruling by a federal appeals court agreeing “that the computing giant broke the law when it entered the e-book market in 2010. [read post]
16 Jan 2018, 7:53 am
(Hat tip: Steven Mazie) Perhaps signaling that it did not regard the case as even worthy of a response, the state waived its right to oppose the appeal in Morris; both strategies were apparently successful. [read post]
4 Feb 2015, 5:49 am
At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie describes a “tack some states are taking to dull the sting of a Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage” – casting the issue “as a matter of religious conscience” – and concludes that it is “less obviously a losing strategy. [read post]
6 Nov 2020, 6:35 am
(Richard Wolf, USA Today) Donald Trump goes to court (Steven Mazie, The Economist) A Way for the Supreme Court to Protect Religious Minorities (Asma Uddin & Howard Slugh, The New York Times) Are Foster Care Agencies Entitled To Religious Accommodation? [read post]
20 Mar 2017, 2:29 pm
Ilya Shapiro for The Federalist and Steven Mazie for The Economist’s Democracy in America blog suggest questions they believe senators should ask the nominee. [read post]
9 Nov 2015, 3:15 am
United States comes from Noah Feldman at Bloomberg View, Marci Hamilton at Hamilton and Griffin on Rights, Steven Mazie for The Economist, and Asher Steinberg at The Narrowest Grounds. [read post]
5 Feb 2016, 7:17 am
” In The Economist, Steven Mazie discusses a recent article observing that “the Supreme Court has never been older” and notes that watching “the current Justices at work these days is not to witness scenes out of a nursing home. [read post]
21 Aug 2015, 5:28 am
In The Economist, Steven Mazie questions the rationales behind a proposal to voluntarily limit the terms of Supreme Court Justices but agrees that “breathing new life into the nation’s highest court more often—even if it does not make the tribunal any less political—would bring more dynamism to the judiciary, jog the justices’ decision-making patterns and narrow, even if only slightly, the yawning gap between the enrobed ones and everyday citizens. [read post]
22 Jan 2016, 3:42 am
City of Paterson, in which the Justices are considering whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from demoting an employee based on a supervisor’s perception that the employee supports a political candidate, comes from Steven Mazie for The Economist, with commentary from Jonathan Keim at National Review. [read post]
11 Dec 2020, 4:00 am
Here’s a round-up of other Supreme Court-related news and commentary from around the web: Justices Rule for Muslim Men Who Sued FBI Agents After Being Placed on No-Fly List (Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal) Supreme Court Says Muslim Men Can Sue FBI Agents In No-Fly List Case (Nina Totenberg, NPR) The final countdown to Donald Trump’s election defeat (Steven Mazie & Idrees Kahloon, The Economist) SC AG Wilson joins Texas in bid in US Supreme Court to overthrow… [read post]
16 Oct 2020, 8:10 am
Other Supreme Court-related news and commentary from around the web: Amy Coney Barrett’s Character, Qualifications Discussed by Witnesses (Lindsay Wise, The Wall Street Journal) Amy Coney Barrett’s answers were murky but her conservative philosophy is clear (Joan Biskupic, CNN) Amy Coney Barrett’s arrival on the Supreme Court is inevitable (Steven Mazie, The Economist) No More Surprises. [read post]
19 Mar 2014, 6:14 am
” And Steven Mazie weighs in at The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, observing that “Justice Ginsburg likes her job and wants to hold on to it as long as she feels she’s serving the country. [read post]
11 Dec 2015, 7:46 am
Coverage of and commentary on the challenge to the University of Texas at Austin’s consideration of race in its undergraduate admissions process come from Michael Bobelian for Forbes, Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal, the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal, Roger Clegg at Inside Higher Ed, Garrett Epps of The Atlantic (which is also hosting a reader debate on the issue), and Steven Mazie at Big Think. [read post]
