Category: Const Law Issues

Yesterday the Supreme Court released an order in RNC. The judgment is affirmed. Justice Scalia, Justice Kennedy, and Justice Thomas would note probable jurisdiction and set the case for oral argument. More on the case here. The Times reports here.

George Will had questions for Elena Kagan.  Now a Post letter to the editor has some questions for George Will: Are my speech rights as an individual citizen the same as the speech rights of a major corporation, which has billions of dollars to spend on speechmaking? Is it a prudent response to this question […]

George Will suggests Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan be asked the following about Citizens United: The president is morose about the court’s Citizens United decision holding that the First Amendment, which says Congress shall make “no law” abridging freedom of speech, means no laws abridging a corporation’s freedom to speak, including nonprofit advocacy corporations such […]