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The Costs Of The Census Debacle

Even though the administration ultimately caved and chose not to include a citizenship question on the census, its two-week flirtation with including a citizenship question on the 2020 census had significant costs.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Silver bullets, blue pencils, and the future of the ACA

7/10/19 // Quick Reactions

Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit heard oral argument in the case challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. It didn't go well.

Nick Bagley

University of Michigan Law School

A Breathtaking Filing in the Census Case

7/5/19 // Quick Reactions

That the Department of Justice could so transparently tell a court to hold on while it makes up a lie is shameful

Richard Primus

University of Michigan Law School

Rucho and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

6/27/19 // Quick Reactions

The Court’s decision in Rucho will have profound and disastrous implications for the 2020 redistricting cycle and beyond. But it may also foreshadow the endgame for Section 2

Travis Crum

University of Chicago

United States v. Davis: And Now Comes The Good Part

6/24/19 // Quick Reactions

The reach of the Supreme Court’s opinion in United States v. Davis will be dictated by a host of procedural rules.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

The Supreme Court Will Hear Another Affordable Care Act Case

6/24/19 // Quick Reactions

At issue is whether the United States broke a promise to make $12 billion in federal payments to the insurers that participated on the ACA's exchanges.

Nick Bagley

University of Michigan Law School

A Landmark (But Qualified) Victory for Transgender Rights

6/14/19 // Quick Reactions

The Ninth Circuit's decision regarding the 'trans ban' has broad implications and marks a vital development in protecting transgender rights under the U.S. Constitution.

Joshua Matz

Publisher

UCI Commencement Speech

6/10/19 // Quick Reactions

My remarks at the UCI Law commencement.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

The Letter On The Census And The Supreme Court

6/5/19 // Quick Reactions

Recent revelations in the census case at the Supreme Court are also relevant to another case at the Court--partisan gerrymandering.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

The Trump Administration Now Thinks the Entire ACA Must Fall

3/25/19 // Quick Reactions

Does the administration really think that the very position it advanced just month ago is so untenable that it must now adopt an even crazier view?

Nick Bagley

University of Michigan Law School

Two Cheers for the Non-Unitary Executive?

3/18/19 // Quick Reactions

Current events provide an occasion for the Court to rethink its agreement with the unitary executive theory. In fact, it’s already done so.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

A Note Of Caution About Timbs v. Indiana

2/25/19 // Quick Reactions

The concurring opinions in Timbs v. Indiana raise some concerns about how (some of) the Justices would address the Trump administration’s treatment of undocumented minor women.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Justice Kavanaugh Said No On Roe

2/11/19 // Quick Reactions

In June Medical Services, Justice Kavanaugh did exactly what reproductive justice advocates said he did on the court of appeals, and warned he would do once he got to the Supreme Court. Are you listening Susan Collins?

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

The Significance of Chief Justice Roberts Joining in the Stay of the Louisiana Abortion Law

2/8/19 // Quick Reactions

So no, the abortion right is not safe. But it's not in quite as much immediate danger as one might have thought. And that's not nothing.

Michael C. Dorf

Cornell Law School

The Constitutional Law of Shutdowns

1/8/19 // Quick Reactions

A quick explainer: how does Congress's power of the purse interact with the Executive's constitutional authority?

Zachary Price

U.C. Hastings College of the Law