I’m going to take today’s decisions out of order, and review them by relevance instead. As I expected, the two partisan gerrymandering cases (Lamone v. Benisek and Rucho v. Common Cause) were combined together into a single opinion. The court has for years avoided addressing the issue of partisan gerrymandering, with former Justice Kennedy suggesting that … Read more
The Chief Justice Roberts Supreme Court has demonstrated over the years a penchant for the reality TV show cliffhanger: build up the tension and suspense, and then tell viewers “tune in for the next episode” to find out what happens. This is what happened again today, with the court leaving its most controversial cases to … Read more
Mark your calendars: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff in a joint press release announced that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is to testify pursuant to subpoenas on Wednesday, July 17: Washington, DC – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff … Read more
Federal officials say they desperately need emergency aid to help manage the humanitarian crisis at the southwestern border. Both the Senate and the House have put forward their own versions of legislation that would allocate about $4.6 billion to the border, and both chambers are expected to vote as early as today. Donald Trump has … Read more
If the U.S. Supreme Court issues a decision in Department of Commerce v. New York, the challenge to the Trump administration’s decision to include a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census, it should be considered a gross act of legal malpractice — and pure partisan politics. The court has been kept apprised of recent developments … Read more