Category: Courts & Cases

This morning’s Times has an editorial discussing RNC v. FEC. The court’s ruling in Citizens United will allow corporate money to play far too important a role in federal elections. It was wrong on the law, and terrible as policy. The court should not compound that mistake by using the Republican Party’s lawsuit to open […]

The Post covers the prospects that Supreme Court proceedings will be televised.  Recently, the Court refused to release same-day audio of an oral argument in, of all matters, a First Amendment case.

This Times analysis discusses tension between Chief Justice Roberts and President Obama, how Citizens United may impact who replaces Justice Stevens, and President Obama’s perceived desire to pick a nominee who can “get to five.” The urgency is greater this year since the Citizens United decision in January, in which the Roberts court threw out […]