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9 Oct 2019, 4:05 am by Edith Roberts
” Steven Mazie suggests at The Economist’s Democracy in America blog that the result “may hinge on Justice Gorsuch, who portrayed himself as caught between a commitment to textualism and an aversion to judicial intervention in legislative matters. [read post]
7 Oct 2019, 4:02 am by Edith Roberts
” At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie agrees that “all eyes are on Chief Justice Roberts. [read post]
6 Oct 2019, 5:40 pm by Howard Bashman
” At the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist, Steven Mazie has a post titled “At a crossroads: The Supreme Court will review abortion-clinic rules in Louisiana; The case gives the new conservative majority its first chance to chip away at abortion rights. [read post]
27 Sep 2019, 3:55 am by Edith Roberts
Briefly: For The Economist, Steven Mazie reports that a “bundle of hot-button controversies await the nine” justices “when the Supreme Court returns to work on October 7th,” following “four tumultuous years that saw one death, a retirement, three pitched Senate confirmation battles, two new arrivals and, for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg—86 and the anchor of the court’s liberal wing—two cancer diagnoses. [read post]
13 Sep 2019, 4:07 am by Edith Roberts
At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie writes that Wednesday’s ruling allowing the government to enforce a restrictive asylum policy pending appeal gave President Donald Trump “fodder for a triumphant tweet …  and a fresh reminder that the Supreme Court appears to increasingly be his reliable ally. [read post]
12 Sep 2019, 4:02 am by Edith Roberts
” 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]
29 Aug 2019, 8:16 am by Kalvis Golde
” At The Economist, Steven Mazie analyzes how the federal government’s recent emergency appeal to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to “lift a district-court injunction against” a new asylum rule barring those who could have sought refuge in another country, fits into the a string of recent efforts by the administration to jump the queue at the court. [read post]
12 Aug 2019, 4:10 am by Edith Roberts
” 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]
2 Aug 2019, 4:06 am by Edith Roberts
Briefly: At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie looks at a new First Amendment challenge to Michigan’s plan to establish an independent redistricting commission; Mazie notes that the Supreme Court cited the Michigan effort approvingly in Rucho v. [read post]
30 Jul 2019, 4:19 am by Edith Roberts
Briefly: At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie identifies some “unanswered questions” in the Supreme Court’s recent order allowing the Trump administration “to start building a fence along America’s southern border using money Congress appropriated for other projects. [read post]
25 Jul 2019, 3:58 am by Edith Roberts
” At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie predicts that “[w]hen the decision in Department of Homeland Security v. [read post]
18 Jul 2019, 3:52 am by Edith Roberts
” Briefly: At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie writes that “[w]ithin days, America’s highest court will weigh in on one of President Donald Trump’s most divisive policies: his plan to build a wall on the southern border. [read post]
15 Jul 2019, 3:27 am by Edith Roberts
” At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie suggests that the president’s decision to abandon the effort to include a question about citizenship on the 2020 census “signaled both a willingness to let the Supreme Court’s decision stand and several reversals of positions the government had insisted upon—repeatedly and with a straight face, in print and in person—during the course of the litigation. [read post]
10 Jul 2019, 4:29 am by Edith Roberts
At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie charts recent developments in the government’s renewed efforts to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census after the Supreme Court blocked the question at the end of June. [read post]
5 Jul 2019, 3:45 am by Edith Roberts
” At The Economist, Steven Mazie reviews the recent Supreme Court term, noting that “[t]he conservative justices took turns joining the liberal justices in nine 5-4 victories—and they chalked up only half as many wins in closely divided cases as they did a year ago. [read post]
1 Jul 2019, 4:17 am by Edith Roberts
” At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie worries that “[w]ith no one watching over them, and with increasingly sophisticated methods of identifying optimal maps to warp elections, legislators are now empowered to gerrymander at will. [read post]
28 Jun 2019, 4:21 am by Edith Roberts
” At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie writes that “Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion has the feel of a brokered compromise—it even reads as if the final section may have been added or revised late in the process. [read post]