“The Case For Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan Calling It Quits: For liberals, ending the conservative domination of the judiciary will require more than bemoaning bad Supreme Court worst decisions; It will require strategic thinking, gamesmanship, and, occasionally, sacrifice.” Peter Shamshiri has this post at Balls and Strikes.
“Was Yeshiva University Entitled to $230 Million in Public Funds? The Modern Jewish Orthodox school refuses to recognize an L.G.B.T.Q. student club, arguing in court that it is a religious institution.” Liam Stack of The New York Times has this report.
“How the Supreme Court Is About to Destroy Federalism: The day is coming when some Americans won’t accept a Roberts court decision that allows red states to reach into blue states and take people’s freedoms away. What then?” Brynn Tannehill has this essay online at The New Republic.
“The Supreme Court is more diverse than ever. But the lawyers who argue before it? Mostly white men.” John Fritze of USA Today has this report.
“They Won Guantánamo’s Supreme Court Cases. Where Are They Now? The three former Guantánamo prisoners who defeated George W. Bush at the Supreme Court in landmark cases are ensconced in family life. We caught up with two of them. One is a home-heating serviceman in central England; the other is an Uber driver in the French Riviera.” Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.
“Is the Supreme Court Changing Too Much, Too Quickly?” Andrew Coan has this post at the “Balkinization” blog.
“Supreme Court Leaves New York’s New Gun Law in Place for Now; The law, enacted in response to a decision in June striking down a restrictive gun control law, imposed new requirements on carrying guns in public”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report on an order that the U.S. Supreme Court issued today.