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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]
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]
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]
6 Jul 2015, 7:52 am
In The Economist, Steven Mazie discusses Arizona State Legislature v. [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]
16 Mar 2016, 6:36 am
Steven Mazie weighs in at big think, where he argues that the “justices do not deliberate in a hermetic bubble separate from politics, but they are certainly less partisan and more driven by the rule of law than are the senators fighting now over who the 113th justice will be, and who gets to nominate him. [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]
11 Aug 2016, 12:25 am
In The Economist, Steven Mazie suggests that “there are a host of reasons Republicans may hesitate to give the nod to” Chief Judge Merrick Garland, the president’s nominee to fill the vacancy left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, “before Mrs Clinton takes office next January, should she defeat Mr Trump in November. [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]
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]
13 Jul 2015, 8:09 am
Briefly: At Big Think, Steven Mazie analyzes (and criticizes) Justice Clarence Thomas’s dissent in the same-sex marriage cases. [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]
6 Dec 2018, 4:20 am
” Additional coverage comes from Steven Mazie at The Economist’s Democracy in America blog and Bill Lucia at Route Fifty. [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]
15 Apr 2015, 2:46 am
Writing for The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie previews the challengers’ arguments in the first of two posts on the cases, while at First Things Hadley Arkes contends that “[t]he strongest argument made by the proponents of same-sex marriage just happens to be the source of the strongest leverage against their position. [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]
30 Oct 2015, 6:40 am
” At the National Constitution Center, Adam Liptak and Steven Mazie review “the issues and arguments in the 10 most controversial opinions of the term. [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]
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]
