Read The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution Online
Authors: Marcia Coyle
Vermont campaign finance dissent of,
211
–12
WRTL
dissent of,
214
–15
South Carolina, voter ID law of,
320
special interest groups,
10
campaign spending by,
203
issue ads by,
203
Senate and,
253
Supreme Court cases and,
160
–61
Spellings, Margaret,
92
Staackmann, Dan,
196
standing,
136
,
138
,
139
,
284
–85,
331
stare decisis, see
precedent, respect for
Starr, Ken,
159
State of Florida v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
,
318
–19
Steeh, George,
318
Stenberg v. Carhart
,
215
Bush v. Gore
dissent of,
299
Citizens United
dissent of,
270
,
271
,
272
–73
clerks in drafting opinions by,
105
color-blindness of Constitution rejected by,
115
confrontation clause and,
16
–17
Davis
dissent of,
217
death penalty and,
298
,
367
n
-68
n
due process championed by,
297
–98
Gross
dissent of,
314
Hamdan
opinion of,
82
–83
in
Heller
oral arguments,
178
–79
and
Kennedy v. Louisiana
,
184
–85
legacy of,
297
–99
McDonald
dissent of,
302
–3
on oral arguments,
169
–70
on originalism vs. pragmatism,
192
Padilla
opinion of,
297
petitions for review and,
74
precedent and,
180
Raich
opinion of,
292
retirement of,
15
,
17
,
71
,
296
–97,
300
,
303
on Roberts Court conservatism,
299
Roberts sworn in by,
18
–19
Seattle-Louisville case dissent of,
114
–15
Second Amendment interpretation of,
180
,
189
–90
as senior associate justice,
95
Vermont campaign finance dissent of,
211
–12
background of,
232
–33
in
Citizens United
oral arguments,
234
–36,
250
–51
Stewart, Nathaniel,
287
Sunstein, Cass,
22
Super PACs,
275
–77
Supreme Court, U.S.:
assignment of opinion writing in,
95
,
96
,
102
,
107
,
180
–81
Burger Court,
see
Burger Court
commerce clause rulings of,
288
–94
compromise in,
94
constitutionality tests of,
152
–53
credibility and standing of,
252
grounds for granting review by,
150
–51
historical research and,
181
–82
oral arguments in,
86
–87,
97
,
105
,
169
–70,
233
,
317
political process in,
6
–7
reading of dissents from the bench as rarity in,
107
Rehnquist Court,
see
Rehnquist Court
retirements and changed dynamic of,
13
–14
reversal of lower courts by,
85
Roberts Court,
see
Roberts Court
special interests groups and,
160
–61
strategic leadership concept rejected by,
95
–96
three standards for review by,
194
Warren Court,
29
,
43
,
44
,
50
,
68
,
164
see also specific cases
Supreme Court clerks,
220
,
317
–18
division of cases among,
104
in writing of opinions,
104
–5,
318
suspension clause,
151
,
182
–84,
378
Suter, William,
245
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of Education
,
43
–44,
101
Taft-Hartley Act (1947),
209
Tellabs v. Makor
,
310
Tennessee Valley Authority,
324
Texas, redistricting in,
29
,
80
,
83
,
320
,
334
,
341
,
345
Texas, University of, affirmative action suit against,
5
,
117
,
241
Texas Tribune
,
4
Thomas, Clarence,
7
,
8
,
24
,
27
,
83
,
125
,
308
,
352
and Affordable Care case recusal demands,
340
–41
Affordable Care dissent of,
349
,
355
Boumediene
case and,
183
Bowles
opinion of,
311
Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association
dissent of,
326
Citizens United
concurring opinion of,
272
clerks in drafting opinions by,
105
commerce clause as viewed by,
289
Comstock
dissent of,
294
Constitution viewed as color-blind by,
112
,
115
Davis
case and,
186
as dissenting from Seattle-Louisville denial of review,
76
Doe v. Reed
dissent of,
301
on executive power,
83
First Amendment cases and,
108
and
Kennedy v. Louisiana
,
185
Marsh
opinion of,
73
NAMUDNO
dissent of,
248
partisan politics accusations against,
341
as rarely asking questions in oral arguments,
102
Seattle-Louisville concurring opinion of,
112
Second Amendment interpretation of,
145
on Tillman Act,
208
and Vermont campaign finance decision,
211
Washington State Grange
opinion of,
174
–75
as willing to disregard precedent,
165
,
166
WRTL
case and,
214
Thomas More Law Center,
282
Thomas More Law Center v. Obama
,
318
,
330
–31
Tillman Act (1907),
207
–9
Title VII,
238
–39,
246
,
247
,
267
,
364
n
,
377
transparency,
168
Treasury Department, U.S.,
322
Tremaine, Davis Wright,
32
,
48
–49
Twombly
case,
223
–24,
309
–10,
377
–78
Uniform Code of Military Justice,
82
,
151
,
376
unions,
see
corporations and unions
United States v. Comstock, see Comstock
case
United States v. Emerson, see Emerson
case
United States v. Lopez, see Lopez
case
United States v. Miller, see Miller
case
United States v. Morrison, see Morrison
case
United States v. Stevens, see Stevens
case
Upper Big Branch mine,
230
USA Today
,
299
U.S. Bill of Rights Foundation,
142
U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
217
,
229
,
313
,
316
,
324
Roberts Court and,
307
–8
U.S. Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting
,
312
Vermont:
campaign finance law of,
211
–12,
218
prescription data-mining law of,
326
,
382
Verrilli, Donald, Jr.,
319
,
335
,
347
in Affordable Care cases,
336
–37
in Affordable Care oral arguments,
342
–44
Veterans of Foreign Wars,
301
Violence Against Women Act,
292
Virginia, Affordable Care lawsuits in,
318
,
331
see also
Affordable Care cases
Virginia Law Review
,
193
Virginia Tech massacre,
144
Volokh blog,
287
Von Breichenruchardt, Dane,
141
,
142
–43
Voting Rights Act (1965),
4
,
29
,
80
,
89
,
118
,
319
,
321
,
341
,
379
congressional reauthorization of,
240
–41,
242
–43
Section 2 of,
240
Warren Court,
29
,
43
,
44
,
50
,
68
,
164
Washington, D.C., gun laws,
128
,
138
,
189
challenges to,
see Heller
case;
Parker v. District of Columbia; Seegars v. Ashcroft
Hutchison bill and,
143
–44
Washington, University of, affirmative action case against,
53
,
56
Washington State:
Initiative 200 in,
36
–37,
49
,
51
,
53
,
54
–55
Republican Party in,
50
Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party
,
174
–75
Washington Supreme Court, Seattle schools lawsuit in,
55
,
58
,
59
Watergate scandal,
209
Weinstein, Bob and Harvey,
205
Westboro Baptist Church,
324
–25,
382
West Virginia Supreme Court,
230
wetland regulation,
83
Whitewater investigation,
200
–201
Wilbur, Kirby,
201
Wilkinson, J. Harvie,
193
–94
Wisconsin Right to Life (WRTL),
212
–15
Wisconsin Right to Life (WRTL)
case,
108
,
187
,
212
–16,
218
,
224
,
227
,
235
,
236
,
377
functional equivalency test and,
212
,
213
,
234
McConnell
as effectively overruled by,
214
Yoo, John,
70
Zumbrun, Ronald,
49