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23 Dec 2016, 4:01 am
” In The Economist, Steven Mazie sizes up the “one-man battle against the death penalty” being waged by Justice Stephen Breyer, observing that with “the window closing on Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to take Antonin Scalia’s seat, the Supreme Court’s balance of power between death penalty sceptics and supporters is unlikely to change,” and concluding that chances “are nil that Justice Breyer will soon find four colleagues… [read post]
21 Dec 2016, 1:25 pm
” The series, edited by Epps, continued with Steven Mazie’s “The Dramatic Tenth Term of the Roberts Court. [read post]
7 Dec 2016, 4:09 am
Coverage of the arguments comes from Steven Mazie in The Economist, who notes that “the justices seemed exasperated by their perennial role as overseers of” efforts by state legislatures to “pay attention to race when drafting electoral maps—but not too much attention. [read post]
30 Nov 2016, 4:09 am
Additional coverage of the argument comes from Mark Walsh in Education Week; Lyle Denniston at his eponymous blog, who notes that the justices “made what appeared to be genuine progress” towards solving “a basic constitutional puzzle over the death penalty”; Nina Totenberg at NPR; and Steven Mazie in The Economist, who remarks that “a majority of the justices seem skeptical that Texas’s rogue standards for measuring intellectual disability matched their… [read post]
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 Nov 2016, 3:54 am
In The Economist, Steven Mazie looks at Moore v. [read post]
28 Nov 2016, 1:21 am
He has been writing for Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman. [read post]
18 Nov 2016, 4:09 am
” In The Economist, Steven Mazie reports on the factors guiding Donald Trump’s choice of a replacement for Scalia, noting that on “the campaign trail, under pressure to display conservative bona fides, Mr Trump shared more about his plans for the nation’s highest court than any presidential candidate has ever divulged,” and that “Mr Trump seems to have two priorities: protecting gun rights and curbing abortion. [read post]
16 Nov 2016, 3:57 am
” In The Economist, Steven Mazie evaluates Trump’s remarks about the court during an interview with Lesley Stahl on “60 Minutes,” observing that putting “the specific issues of guns, marriage and abortion to one side, Ms Stahl missed an opportunity to ask Mr Trump a more basic question: how he justifies politicising the Supreme Court in ways no presidential candidate, or president-elect, ever has. [read post]
14 Nov 2016, 10:47 am
At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie reviews last week’s argument in Bank of America Corp. v. [read post]
10 Nov 2016, 4:38 am
Steven Mazie at The Economist predicts that Senate Republicans will dissolve the filibuster so that Trump can “have his way with the empty chair,” and speculates that Tuesday’s “vote may have changed retirement plans for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 83 and Stephen Breyer, 78, the elder liberals on a court that is destined to swing to the right. [read post]
9 Nov 2016, 4:50 am
" And at the "Democracy in America" blog of The Economist, Steven Mazie has a post titled "How the Supreme Court will change under President Trump. [read post]
2 Nov 2016, 4:56 am
” In The Economist, Steven Mazie looks at Gloucester County School Board v. [read post]
1 Nov 2016, 3:49 am
” Another look at how the election may shape the court comes from Steven Mazie at The Economist, who observes that “the 113th justice is certain to swing the court one way or another,” but remarks that even if “the Senate deigns to consider and confirm a nominee,” changes will not occur overnight, because the court is “a slow-moving institution empowered only to decide cases that work their way up through the lower courts. [read post]
17 Oct 2016, 4:36 am
” In The Economist, Steven Mazie also reports on the argument, concluding that the “tenor of the oral argument suggests that a majority of the justices may be on Mr Peña-Rodiguez’s side. [read post]
11 Oct 2016, 3:44 am
” Briefly: In The Economist, Steven Mazie takes a look at the Supreme Court term that began last week, noting that “despite the dearth of doozies,” “the docket does feature significant disputes, including a large handful involving race,” and predicting that until confirmation of a new justice ends the current 4-4 deadlock, the court “will probably duck pending petitions from a transgender Virginia high-schooler who wishes to use the boy’s washroom… [read post]
7 Oct 2016, 4:46 am
Davis, a death penalty case involving racial bias and ineffective assistance of counsel, comes from Steven Mazie for The Economist, who notes that “none of the justices seemed comfortable sending Mr Buck to his death based on the racially tainted testimony that was ringing in the jurors’ ears as they entered the jury room,” and from Chris McDaniel and Chris Geidner at Buzzfeed, who report that although the court appeared poised to rule in Buck’s favor, the justices… [read post]
3 Oct 2016, 1:30 pm
The October 2016 California Bar Journal reports a disbarment JAMES MAZI PARSA [#153389], 51, of Tustin, was disbarred June 17, 2016 and ordered to comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court and make restitution. [read post]
16 Sep 2016, 5:27 am
” Steven Mazie comments in The Economist on the significant consequences even one Supreme Court appointment will have for the Court’s constitutional jurisprudence over the next few years; although “the justices seem stuck in standby mode” and the “docket for their upcoming term is looking wan,” he asserts, disputes “over presidential power, administrative leeway, freedom of speech, abortion, race, religion and discrimination against gays and… [read post]
6 Sep 2016, 9:26 am
” In The Economist, Steven Mazie argues that the Zika virus may trigger renewed debate about the Roe v. [read post]
