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The Ricci Case
Matthew Yglesias —
... As expected, the Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 decision reversing the Second Circuit’s decision on the Ricci firefighter case. As Ian Millhiser explains: ...
Supreme Court: States Have The Right To Investigate National Banks For Lending Discrimination
Wonk Room —
... Though the Supreme Court case garnering the most headlines today will be the Ricci v. DeStefano employment discrimination case, a second decision came down with important implications for the future of financial regulation. In a ...
Conservatives Attack Sotomayor For Not Having A Crystal Ball
Wonk Room —
... The basis of this claim is the fact that both Justice Kennedy’s majority opinion and Justice Ginsburg’s dissent created new legal standards which are different than the twenty-five year old rule Sotomayor was required to follow in Ricci. Under the Second Circuit’s 1984 decision in ...
A Storm’s Coming On Campaign Finance
Wonk Room —
... Yesterday’s high-profile decision in the Ricci firefighters case obscures another, equally important development which could usher in a new era of corporate money in politics. Traditionally, the Supreme Court decides every single case it heard during a particular term before adjourning for the summer recess. This Term, however, the Court announced that it will leave one case, a campaign finance case called ...
With Ricci, Court Redefines Judicial Activism
Firedoglake —
... that the Court was unanimous in its decision -- no idea how 5-4 with a concurrence from Alito is "unanimous," but then, I'm not Stuart Taylor trying to do whatever it is that he does when he gets a burr in his shorts (or helping Wendy Long advance her whinery, whatever comes first). It's clearly the "new new" in right wing talking points, because Sen. Cornyn's been mouthing it, too. ...
