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29 Nov 2016, 3:24 am
Additional coverage of Moore comes from Nina Totenberg at NPR, who notes that “the state’s test is based on what the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals called ‘a consensus of Texas citizens,’ that not all those who meet the ‘social services definition’ of ‘retardation’ should be exempt from the death penalty,” and from Steven Mazie in The Economist. [read post]
28 Sep 2020, 7:47 am
Steven Mazie of The Economist on how Barrett’s nomination may “knock the Supreme Court off its ideological equilibrium for decades. [read post]
5 Mar 2014, 5:52 am
” At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie reports on Monday’s oral argument in Hall v. [read post]
19 May 2016, 4:06 am
Burwell, the challenge to the Obama administration’s birth-control mandate and the accommodation offered to religious non-profits, comes from Michael McConnell at The Volokh Conspiracy, Leland Beck at Federal Regulations Advisor, and Steven Mazie in The Economist. [read post]
7 Apr 2014, 4:38 am
” At big think, Steven Mazie lists the four errors that he sees in the decision, which in his view “will lead to huge new infusions of cash into our political campaigns and ramp up the already outsize influence that corporations and wealthy donors have in the American political system. [read post]
8 Nov 2017, 3:53 am
” At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie suggests that “ratifying Alabama’s decision to put a very sick man with large gaps in his memory to death effectively, if not formally, puts the Supreme Court on one side—arguably the wrong one—of a philosophical debate over personal identity and punishment. [read post]
12 Sep 2019, 4:02 am
” Briefly: At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie chronicles the recent maneuvering and “histrionics” over whether “New York City’s altered legal terrain will be enough to erase” New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. [read post]
9 Jul 2015, 7:31 am
” Steven Mazie makes a similar observation at The Economist’s Democracy in America blog; he argues that, if “come next spring, affirmative-action admissions policies are found to contravene the 14th Amendment’s equal-protection guarantee, or mandatory union dues are struck down as a violation of free speech, it will be the liberals’ turn to decry the court’s judicial activism while conservatives nod solemnly and announce that the… [read post]
5 Aug 2015, 10:02 pm
” In The Economist, Steven Mazie looks at a recent decision by the Eighth Circuit holding that a North Dakota law which prohibited abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected is unconstitutional, noting that it “closed with a five-page lament: North Dakota’s law may be inconsistent with Roe v Wade and Casey v Planned Parenthood, but the Supreme Court should ‘re-evaluate its jurisprudence. [read post]
26 Jan 2018, 7:14 am
A brief overview of the case comes from Steven Mazie for The Economist’s Espresso blog. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 2:49 am
At big think, Steven Mazie observes that “none of the justices have had much of a chance to live the life of an average American worker” – which, he suggests, may explain why the Court’s recent decision in Integrity Staffing Solutions Inc. v. [read post]
17 May 2019, 3:44 am
At The Economist, Steven Mazie profiles Judge Amy Coney Barrett, “a rising star of the conservative judicial movement” who could be at the top of the president’s list to fill the next Supreme Court vacancy. [read post]
12 Aug 2019, 4:10 am
” At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie looks at three cases the court will near this fall that ask whether federal law protects employees from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, noting that although “[e]xpanding gay rights via an old statute might seem like a stretch for a Supreme Court with a five-justice conservative majority that now lacks Justice Anthony Kennedy, who authored four landmark opinions… [read post]
18 Sep 2017, 4:27 am
” In The Economist, Steven Mazie suggests that “[l]ess than a month before the Supreme Court considers the legality of his executive order barring travel from six overwhelmingly Muslim countries,” Trump’s tweets reacting to a London bombing last week “handed a gift to those challenging the ban. [read post]
4 Apr 2014, 5:35 am
Coverage of the decision comes from Chris Geidner at BuzzFeed, Sahil Kapur of Talking Points Memo (here and here), ISCOTUS (video), Adam Liptak of The New York Times, PJTV (which has a video interview with me on the case), and Steven Mazie at The Economist’s Democracy in America blog. [read post]
2 Oct 2020, 6:49 am
The Economist’s Steven Mazie examines the court’s potential role in deciding legal disputes that could tip the presidential election. [read post]
9 Dec 2015, 3:54 am
Abbott, the “one person, one vote” challenge to the state legislative maps in Texas, comes from Marcia Coyle for the Supreme Court Brief (subscription required) and Chris Geidner at BuzzFeed, with commentary from David Gans at New Republic, Steven Mazie at The Economist, and Rick Hasen in the Los Angeles Times. [read post]
1 Apr 2015, 7:51 am
Steven Mazie weighs in at The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, while Lisa Soronen analyzes the decision at the Appellate Practice Blog of the International Municipal Lawyers Association. [read post]
2 Nov 2018, 3:57 am
At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie observes that “[t]he heart of the conflict—whether it is feasible to distribute funds across so many millions of individuals—may not find a resolution,” because “[s]everal justices—led by the ideologically incompatible but increasingly chummy Elena Kagan and Neil Gorsuch—wondered whether the plaintiffs have requisite standing to sue. [read post]
20 May 2019, 4:09 am
” At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie looks at Klein v. [read post]
