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23 Feb 2019, 12:57 am by Mark Tushnet
In my view, that's what Justice Brennan was doing when he referred to "the court of history" and its verdict on the constitutionality of the Sedition Act.) [read post]
20 Feb 2019, 10:32 am by admin
However, Justice Thomas’s dissent argued that the majority’s broad deference to legislative judgment was to “effectively to delete the words ‘for public use’ from the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. [read post]
22 Jan 2019, 11:26 am by Eugene Volokh
Four conservative Justices (Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh) so suggested in an opinion today -- and Justice Breyer had taken a similar view 20 years ago.[1.] [read post]
17 Jan 2019, 2:07 pm by Adam Feldman
The liberal end of the court was clearly weaker after Brennan’s departure, although Justice David Souter, who joined in 1990 to fill Brennan’s seat, later turned out to be a consistent liberal vote. [read post]
19 Dec 2018, 9:21 am by Stephen Wermiel
He replaced Justice William Brennan in 1990 and was replaced by Justice Sonia Sotomayor in 2009. [read post]
28 Nov 2018, 11:11 am by Adam Feldman
One explanation by Professors James Spriggs and Thomas Hansford is ideological. [read post]
10 Oct 2018, 10:44 am by Adam Feldman
The justices most frequently in the majority in these decisions were more liberal justices, including Justices William Brennan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter, along with Stevens, Justices Thurgood Marshall and Sonia Sotomayor, and others. [read post]
6 Oct 2018, 1:31 pm by Marty Lederman
  (After all, Justices Brennan and Souter were more liberal than the Presidents who appointed them, and Justices O'Connor and Kennedy occasionally voted with the "left" wing of the Court on a handful of high-profile issues, including abortion and gay rights.) [read post]
25 Sep 2018, 11:56 am by Adam Feldman
Justices William Brennan, Harry Blackmun, Lewis Powell and Thurgood Marshall each were silent for multiple arguments in the 1979 and/or 1989 terms. [read post]
18 Sep 2018, 1:32 pm by Howard Bashman
“Brett Kavanaugh Should Call for a Public Investigation of the Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Him; Without a full probe, Kavanaugh could, like Justice Thomas, ascend to the Court with a permanent cloud over him”: Andrew Cohen has this essay online at the Brennan Center for Justice. [read post]
2 Aug 2018, 4:42 am by Edith Roberts
” At The Heritage Foundation, Thomas Jipping and Christopher Balducci argue that “Democrats may go looking for other records, but Kavanaugh’s record already speaks for itself. [read post]
26 Jul 2018, 8:58 am by Adam Feldman
Catholic judges in the preceding figures include: Kennedy, Justice Antonin Scalia, Brennan, Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Sonia Sotomayor. [read post]