Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who passed at age 99 on July 16, insisted that he was not a liberal jurist but a conservative sitting on a bench that over time had drifted to the right, leaving him crowned… Read More ›
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SCOTUS Busts Virginia GOP Gerrymander Challenge
On June 17, 2019, SCOTUS rejected a GOP-led appeal on a gerrymandering case that shuttled back and forth in the Commonwealth for a few years. In Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill, the court found that the appellants lacked standing… Read More ›
To Be or Not To Be—Political
SCOTUS employs the dodge of “political question” when it decides not to decide an issue presented to it. Of late, the murky mask has been called into play on several occasions involving voting rights. But SCOTUS will decide on voting… Read More ›
SCOTUS Dissents Prove Prophetic
Often, a shorthand method to appreciate a decision of the US Supreme Court is to read the dissents. In 1857, a majority opinion held that a Negro, whose ancestors were imported … and sold… Read More ›