The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution (63 page)

Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency
,
106
,
376

Massey Energy,
230

Matter of Interpretation, A
(Scalia),
145

Medicaid,
283
–84,
331
,
333
,
334
,
336
,
338
,
345
,
349
,
350
,
354

Meehan, Martin,
229

Meese, Edwin,
21
,
49
,
67
–68,
170

Federalist Society and,
50
–51

as originalist,
163
–64

Melendez-Diaz, Luis,
221

Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
,
221
–22,
378
–79

Mellen, Francis,
56
,
99

Mellor, William “Chip,”
124
–25,
129

Meredith, Crystal,
42
–43,
55
,
59
–60,
64
,
85
,
99

Meredith, Joshua,
42
–43,
55
,
85

Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, see
Louisville School lawsuit; Seattle-Louisville school integration cases

Michigan, anti-affirmative action initiative in,
49
–50

Michigan, University of, affirmative action lawsuits against,
56
–59,
63
,
64
,
77
–78,
88
,
90
,
93
,
117
,
161

Michigan Chamber of Commerce,
258

Miers, Harriet,
20
,
71

Supreme Court nomination of,
18
,
25
,
72

Mikva, Abner,
305

military commissions,
73
,
82
–83,
151
,
237
,
376
,
378

Military Commissions Act (2006),
151
,
182
,
378

Miller, Jack,
172

Miller, John,
51

Miller
case
(U.S. v. Miller)
,
126
,
141
,
172
–73,
180
,
188
,
190

Miller v. Alabama
,
345
,
383

Milliken v. Bradley
,
44
–45

“minimalism,”
94
,
108
,
215
–16

Miranda
rights,
329
–30,
382

Missouri v. Jenkins
,
46

Mojave Desert National Preserve,
301

Momboisse, Raymond,
49

Monaghan, Tom,
282

Montana campaign finance case,
274
–75,
334
,
346

Montejo v. Louisiana
,
266
,
267

Moore, Michael,
202
,
204

Morgan Stanley Capital Group,
159

Morrison, Alan,
153
,
159

on decision to appeal
Parker
,
146
–47

Heller
case and,
148
,
151
–52,
157
–58

Nickles’s firing of,
158

on solicitor general’s brief,
156

Morrison
case,
292
–93,
305

Morse v. Frederick
,
377

Morton Grove, Ill., handgun ban repeal in,
195
–96

Motor Vehicle Act,
307

Mountain States Legal Foundation,
88

Mueller, Robert,
222

Mukasey, Michael,
154
–55

Murphy, Erin,
338

Muscarello v. United States
,
145
–46

NAACP,
34
–35

Legal Defense Fund of,
113
,
114
,
116

Nader, Ralph,
147

NAMUDNO
case,
see Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder

Nathan Hale High School (Seattle),
32
,
39

National Association of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife
,
364
n

National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti
,
259

National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB),
285
,
319
,
334
,
335
,
338

National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, see
Affordable Care cases

National Firearms Act (1934),
172

National Industrial Recovery Act (1935),
290

National Labor Relations Act (1935),
290

National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
.,
290
–91

National Law Journal
,
338

National Publicity Law Association,
208

National Public Radio,
303

National Review
,
351

National Rifle Association (NRA),
124
,
126
–27,
137
,
138
,
195
,
255
,
303

Heller
case supported by,
161

Levy and Neily’s meetings with,
132
,
134

Parker
suit disliked by,
132
,
134
,
143
–44

Seegars
suit funded by,
134
–35

Supreme Court scorecard of,
145
–46

National Right to Life Committee,
218

National Security Agency, warrantless wiretapping by,
68
–69,
71

Nebraska,
282

necessary and proper clause,
289
,
293
–94,
348
,
380

Neily, Clark,
124
,
132
,
137

and drafting of
Parker
case,
132

on
Heller
amicus briefs,
161
–62

Heller
oral arguments and,
174

on Heller’s standing,
143

Kennedy as viewed by,
170
–71

Levy’s friendship with,
129

libertarian philosophy of,
127

on likelihood of
Heller
win,
170
–71,
176
–77

on NRA opposition to
Parker
suit,
144

NRA’s meetings with,
132
,
134

Parker
case organized by,
129
–31

in response to D.C. petition,
149

on Scalia’s
Heller
opinion,
187
,
193

Second Amendment interpretation of,
125
,
127
–28,
133

and solicitor general’s brief,
153
–54,
156

Nelson, Ben,
71

New Deal,
290
–91

New Haven, Conn., firefighter suit in,
see Ricci v. DeStefano

New Republic
,
194

New York Bakeshop Act,
290

New York Times
,
70
,
115
,
224

Nickles, Peter,
176

Heller
case and,
157
–58

Morrison fired by,
158

Singer’s conflict with,
157

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Seattle lawsuit in,
55
,
59
,
60
,
64
–65

Nixon, Richard,
44
,
164
,
209

Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1,
241
–42

Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder (NAMUDNO
case),
240
,
241
–43,
379

Affordable Care cases and,
321
–22

amicus briefs in,
243

Thomas’s dissent in,
248

Obama, Barack,
309

Affordable Care Act signed by,
281

on
Citizens United
decision,
273
–74

Kagan appointed solicitor general by,
237

Kagan nominated by,
300

Sotomayor nominated by,
239
–40,
243

in 2008 election,
199
,
228

2010 State of the Union Address of,
208
,
273
–74

Obama administration, Affordable Care cases and,
294
–96,
319
,
320
–21,
322

O’Connor, Sandra Day,
9
,
64
,
106
,
256
,
297

Alito’s voting record compared to,
84

Austin
case and,
260

Ayotte
opinion of,
26
–27

Grutter
opinion of,
58
,
88
,
117
,
161

McConnell
case and,
204

retirement of,
13
–14,
18
,
27
,
59
–60,
66
,
71
–72,
170
,
200
,
211
,
212
,
243
,
277

as swing vote,
26
,
66
–67

in 2005–2006 term,
25

as willing to compromise,
94

Office of White House Counsel,
21
,
25

Olchefske, Joseph,
36
,
37
–38,
39
–40,
52
,
53
,
55

Olson, Joseph,
170

Olson, Theodore,
6
,
50
,
90
,
91
,
127
,
159
,
232
,
268
,
270

Austin
ruling criticized by,
228

background of,
231
–32

Bossie’s hiring of,
225
–26

in
Bush v. Gore
,
226

in
Caperton
case,
230
–31

Citizens United
brief of,
227
–28

and
Citizens United
decision,
245

in
Citizens United
oral arguments,
233
–34,
236

in
Citizens United
reargument,
249
,
256
–57,
260
,
262
–65

Citizens United
strategy of,
226
–27

in
McConnell
case,
226
,
231

Proposition 8 and,
226
,
268
,
320

as solicitor general,
226

one-man, one-vote principle,
68

oral arguments,
86
–87,
97
,
105
,
169
–70,
317

see also
specific cases

originalism,
17
,
70
,
113
,
163
–69

Heller
case and,
163
,
169
,
180
,
190
,
191
–92

pragmatism vs.,
164
,
167
–69,
185
–86,
191
–92,
193

precedent and,
165
,
166

public meaning in,
164
,
167
,
186

Scalia and,
17
,
70
,
113
,
163
–65,
166
–67,
180
,
185
,
221
–22

textualism and,
167

Thomas and,
70
,
113
,
165
–66

“Originalism: The Lesser Evil” (Scalia),
164

Ornstein, Norman,
276
–77

Pacific Legal Foundation,
49
,
52
,
63
,
78
,
87

Padilla, Jose,
297

Palmer, Tom,
130

Palmore, Joseph,
336

Parents Involved in Community Schools (PICS),
31
,
32
,
37
,
41
,
85

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District, see
Seattle-Louisville school integration cases; Seattle school lawsuit

Parker, Shelly,
131
,
134

Parker v. District of Columbia:

appeals court sustaining of,
140
–41,
173

clients chosen for,
130
–31

conservative and gun rights advocates’ objections to,
134

district court dismissal of,
138

drafting of,
132
–34

filing of,
134

as first phase of Levy team’s Second Amendment project,
131

Gura as lead litigator for,
133
,
138

Halbrook’s motion to consolidate
Seegars
with,
136
–37

Hutchison bill and,
143
–44

Levy’s bankrolling of,
128
–30

narrow relief strategy in,
134

NRA’s unhappiness with,
132
,
134
,
143
–44

as pre-enforcement challenge,
139

standing in,
140

Supreme Court petition in,
144
,
146
–47