The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution (64 page)

Supreme Court review of,
see Heller
case

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act (2003),
97
,
106
–7,
376

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
see
Affordable Care Act

Payton, John,
113
,
116

Pensacola, Fla., Affordable Care lawsuit filed in,
281
,
286
,
295

personal-injury lawsuits, preemption and,
311
–12

petition right,
213

petitions for review,
73
–75

cert pool and,
74
–75

Planned Parenthood v. Casey
,
224
,
251

pleading requirements,
222
–23

Plessy v. Ferguson
,
112
,
116

political action committees (PACs),
202
,
203
,
204
,
209
,
214
–15,
235
,
236

Citizens United
ruling and,
271
–72,
275
–76

disclosure requirement and,
275
–76

Posner, Richard,
193
,
194
,
315

Powell, Lewis F., Jr.,
44
,
45
,
298

pragmatism,
168
,
169

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

precedent, respect for
(stare decisis)
,
9
,
22
–23,
68
,
84
,
88
,
91
,
107
,
112
,
117
,
172
,
180
,
192
,
194
,
224
,
225
,
251
–52,
367
n
-68
n

Citizens United
ruling and,
272
,
273

“faux judicial restraint” and,
214
,
215

originalism and,
165
,
166

Roberts’s commitment to,
22
,
25
,
84
,
117
,
272

Second Amendment cases and,
126
,
139
,
141
,
150

preemption,
311
–12

pre-enforcement challenges,
138
–39

presidential elections, Supreme Court as affected by,
4
–5

Printz v. United States
,
135
,
145

Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (1995),
310

privileges and immunities clause,
166

Project on Fair Representation,
4
,
88
–89,
241

Public Citizen Litigation Group,
147
,
314

Queen Anne High School (Seattle),
35

racial balancing,
52
,
65
,
109

racial discrimination,
41
,
168
,
238
–40,
241
,
246
,
255
,
291
,
379

racial diversity,
187

as compelling interest,
30
,
57
–58,
59
,
64
,
90
–91,
93
,
100
–101,
109
,
110
,
116

Raich
case,
292
–93,
294
,
339

Rakove, Jack,
162

Ramsey, Douglas,
201

Rasul v. Bush
,
183

rational basis,
153

Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts
(Scalia and Garner),
163

Reagan, Ronald,
21
,
49
,
129

Reagan administration,
310

Alito in,
25
,
67
–68,
70
,
308

Roberts in,
21
,
23
,
70
,
308

reargument,
72
,
78
–79

Reconstruction,
208

redistricting,
29
,
80
,
83
,
320
,
334
,
341

Rehnquist, William H.,
14
,
24
,
25
,
44
,
45
,
46
,
102
,
115
,
127
,
180

collegiality fostered by,
14
,
352

death of,
14
,
19
,
60
,
211

Gratz
opinion of,
58

Massachusetts Citizens for Life
dissent of,
259

Morrison
opinion of,
292

Rehnquist Court,
6
,
9
,
27
,
199

affirmative action rulings in,
63

commerce clause rulings of,
292

desegregation rulings of,
46
,
51

economic activity cases in,
315

Emerson
review denied by,
127

McConnell
decision of,
204
,
210
,
212

Massachusetts Citizens for Life
case in,
259

Michigan affirmative action cases in,
56
–59,
63

religion,
83

establishment clause and,
165
,
328
–29

Republican National Committee,
218

Republican National Lawyers Association,
225

Republican Party, Reconstruction and,
208

Ricci, Frank,
255
–56

Ricci v. DeStefano
,
238
–40,
241
,
379

Ginsburg’s dissent in,
246

Kennedy’s opinion in,
246
–47

Roberts’s opinion in,
240

Sotomayor and,
255
–56

right to bear arms,
see
Second Amendment

right to counsel,
68

Ritter, Dan,
49
,
55
,
87

Rivkin, David:

in Affordable Care cases,
284
–86,
288
,
295

Wall Street Journal
op-ed column of,
283

Roberts, John, Jr.,
1
,
8
,
13
,
19
,
46
,
104
,
211
,
333
,
339

Affordable Care opinion of,
240
,
248
,
347
–49,
355

in Affordable Care oral arguments,
344

in appearances before Rehnquist Court,
19

Arizona Free Enterprise Club
opinion of,
328

Boumediene
case and,
183

Brown
allegedly distorted by,
113
–15

Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association
concurring opinion of,
326

in
Bush v. Gore
battle,
20

Caperton
case and,
231

Caperton
dissent of,
244

Citizens United
concurring opinion of,
272

in
Citizens United
oral arguments,
235
,
250

in
Citizens United
reargument,
264

clerks in drafting opinions by,
104
,
318

Comstock
case and,
294

confrontation clause and,
17

consensus as goal of,
24
–25,
26
,
94
,
117
,
330
,
354

conservative attacks on,
350
–51

Constitution viewed as color-blind by,
110
,
115

contrast between stated goals and conservative opinions of,
117

corporate electioneering test promulgated by,
213
,
217
,
224

Davis
case and,
186

as deputy solicitor general,
19
,
21
,
23

on District of Columbia appellate court,
20

Doe v. Reed
opinion of,
301

expected tenure of,
17
–18

“faux judicial restraint” accusation against,
214
,
215

Federalist Society and,
50

First Amendment cases and,
108

Graham
concurring opinion of,
266

in
Heller
oral arguments,
177
–78,
179

Herring
opinion of,
266

Humanitarian Law Project
opinion of,
302

on importance of briefs,
86

investiture of,
18
–19

as judicial minimalist,
13
,
24

judicial philosophy of,
20

and
Kennedy v. Louisiana
,
185

labels resisted by,
22
–23

LULAC
dissent of,
81

as minimalist,
94
,
108
,
215
–16

NAMUDNO
opinion of,
247
–48,
321
–22

in
NAMUDNO
oral arguments,
242
–43

nominated as chief justice,
20
,
60

and Obama’s State of the Union Address,
273

opinion assignments by,
180
–81

on oral arguments,
169

petitions for review and,
75

in Reagan administration,
21
,
23
,
70
,
308

as Rehnquist protégé,
19

respect for branches of government as principle of,
339
–40,
355

respect for precedent as commitment of,
22
,
25
,
84
,
117
,
272

in
Ricci
oral arguments,
239

on
Roe v. Wade
,
23
–24

Scalia’s criticisms of,
107
–8

Seattle-Louisville opinion of,
109
–10,
113
–15,
118
,
239

in Seattle-Louisville oral arguments,
101
–2

Seegars
appeal and,
140

seen as pro-business,
307
–8

Senate confirmation hearings of,
13
,
20
–21,
60
–61,
67
–70,
215
–16,
354

Snyder
opinion of,
325

Stevens
opinion of,
300
–301

umpire analogy of,
20
,
23
,
316
–17

and Vermont campaign finance decision,
211

Whiting
opinion of,
312

WRTL
opinion of,
213
–14,
216

Roberts Court,
13
,
19
,
79
,
83

arbitration cases in,
313
,
315
,
324
,
381

Buckley
case as seen by,
210
,
211
–12

campaign finance and,
see Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission; Davis v. Federal Election Commission

collegiality in,
352
–53

commerce clause and,
293

conservative shift of,
9
,
71
–73,
84
,
88
,
105
–6,
107
,
117
,
151
,
170
–71,
187
,
200
,
211
,
266
–67,
278
,
299
,
333

constitutional interpretation in,
9

Dellinger on aggressiveness of,
194

as divided on race and equal protection issues,
115
–16

environmental cases in,
267

First Amendment cases in
300
–301,
324
–27,
377
,
380
,
381
,
382
,
383
;
see also Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

ideological divide in,
2
,
8
,
29
,
79
,
98
,
104
,
105
–6,
108
,
117
–18,
270
,
350
,
351
,
353

job discrimination cases in,
313
,
364
n
,
377
,
379
–80,
381

John Fund
opinion of,
310

liberal wing of,
105
,
108
–9

political naïveté of,
277

preemption and,
311
–12

public cynicism about,
199

seen as pro-business,
224
,
277
–78,
304
,
306
,
307
–16

U.S. Chamber of Commerce and,
307
–8

Robinson, Ron,
201

Roe v. Wade
,
22
,
23
–24,
67
,
68
,
193
,
218
,
224
,
251
,
332