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3 winners and 3 losers from the just-completed Supreme Court term


3 winners and 3 losers from the just-completed Supreme Court term
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A view of the US Supreme Court on June 21, 2021.
The Supreme Court just completed its first term since liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, and her speedy replacement with conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett. So the preeminent question on many court-watchers’ minds was just how many victories the Republican Party and the conservative movement more generally would rack up in a 6-3 conservative Court.
The answer to that question is that Republicans probably got about 80 to 90 percent of what they realistically could have expected. The Court did not neutralize the entire Voting Rights Act, as some Republican litigants basically asked the Court to do, but it hamstrung the one remaining provision it had thus far left intact. The Court also targeted labor unions. It hung a sword of Damocles over laws requiring political campaigns ....

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Breyer Worries Retiring Could Add to Polarization. Would It?


Breyer Worries Retiring Could Add to Polarization. Would It?
The Supreme Court’s oldest justice has hinted that he may decline to step down, defying activists’ pressure. His reasoning would be hotly debated on the left.
Justice Stephen G. BreyerCredit.Erin Schaff/The New York Times
Published May 18, 2021Updated May 19, 2021
When the Senate voted in 1994 to confirm Justice Stephen G. Breyer to the Supreme Court, the final tally was 87 to 9. Though he’d been nominated by President Bill Clinton, a wide majority of Republicans voted in his favor.
Particularly for members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, much of Justice Breyer’s appeal came from his work in the late 1970s as a lead counsel to that committee. In those years, just after the civil rights movement and Watergate, the ideological divide between Democrats and Republicans on many issues was hazy at best, and he developed a reputation for being evenhanded. ....

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Will Justice Breyer Retire? Reading The Clerk Hiring Tea Leaves


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Ed. note: This column represents a combination of two different posts that originally appeared on Original Jurisdiction, the latest Substack publication from David Lat. You can learn more about Original Jurisdiction on its About page, and you can register to receive updates through this signup page.
When will Justice Stephen Breyer retire from the U.S. Supreme Court? It’s a question on the minds of many Americans who understand the power and importance of the Court in resolving some of the most critical issues faced by the country.
At the current time, there’s a 6-3 conservative majority on SCOTUS. If Justice Breyer, 82, were to retire sometime soon, President Joe Biden could replace him with another liberal justice, whom the current Democratic Senate could confirm, God (of the Senate) Joe Manchin willing. But if Justice Breyer decides to stick it out at the Court, and then the Democrats ....

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