The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution (65 page)

Roosevelt, Franklin,
290

Roosevelt, Theodore,
208

Roosevelt High School (Seattle),
32
,
39

Roper v. Simmons
,
184

Rossi, Dino,
50

Rothstein, Barbara, Initiative 200 and,
54
–55

Rumsfeld v. Padilla
,
297

Ryan, James E.,
44
–45,
46

same-sex marriage,
354
,
356

California ban on,
132
,
226
,
268
,
320
,
366
n

Scalia, Antonin,
4
,
7
,
8
,
24
,
25
,
83
,
175
,
233
,
247
,
308
,
330
–31,
333
,
352

Affordable Care dissent of,
349
,
355

in Affordable Care oral arguments,
344

Austin
dissent of,
260

Boumediene
dissent of,
183

Breyer’s disagreements with,
167
–69

Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association
opinion of,
325

Caperton
case and,
231

on Cheney’s amicus brief,
156

Citizens United
concurring opinion of,
272

in
Citizens United
oral arguments,
234

in
Citizens United
reargument,
264
–65

clerks in drafting opinions by,
105

confrontation cases and,
15
–17,
221
–22

Constitution viewed as color-blind by,
115

Crawford
opinion of,
15
–16,
221

Davis
case and,
186

First Amendment cases and,
108

on
Heller
as vindication of originalism,
191
–92

Heller
opinion of,
180
–81,
187
–94

in
Heller
oral arguments,
177
,
178

Hudson
opinion of,
73

as hunter,
170

and
Kennedy v. Louisiana
,
185

on meaning of
Citizens United
ruling,
274
,
275

on oral arguments,
170

as originalist,
17
,
70
,
113
,
163
–65,
166
–67,
180
,
185
,
221
–22

partisan politics accusations against,
341

Raich
concurring opinion of,
292
–93,
294
,
339

Roberts criticized by,
107
–8

Second Amendment interpretation of,
145
,
177
,
188
–94

as senior associate justice,
96

as textualist,
167

and Vermont finance decision,
211

Wal-Mart
opinion of,
323
–24

WRTL
opinion of,
214

Schnapper, Eric,
76
,
93

school prayer,
68

Schumer, Charles,
13
,
24

SCOTUSblog,
330

Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, The
,
105
,
169

Seattle, Wash.,
29

ethnic populations of,
39
–40

Magnolia neighborhood of,
33
–34,
35
,
37
,
38
,
40

Queen Anne neighborhood of,
33
,
34
,
35
,
38

racial segregation in,
33
–35

Seattle-Louisville school integration cases,
2
,
3
,
5
,
8
,
28
–29,
35
,
37
,
39
,
40
,
84
,
85
–103,
247
,
267
,
278
,
307
,
332
,
352
,
376

amicus briefs in,
78
,
86
,
88
–89,
92
–93,
113

briefs in,
86
,
89
–90

Clement in,
92
,
99
,
100
,
320

Grutter
decision and,
88
–89

implications of Supreme Court ruling on,
118
–19

Kennedy’s concurring opinion in,
110
–11,
118

Korrell’s brief for,
87
–88,
92

Madden and,
86
,
92
,
93
–94,
118

moot courts for,
92

oral arguments in,
89
–90,
97
,
98
–102

petition for review granted in,
76
–77

Roberts’s opinion in,
109
–10,
118
,
239

Thomas’s dissent from denial of review in,
76

see also
Louisville school lawsuit; Seattle school lawsuit

Seattle School District,
85
,
118

increased racial isolation in,
77

mandatory busing plan of,
35
–36

NAACP segregation suit against,
34
–35

voluntary integration plan of,
35

Seattle School District, “open choice” plan of,
29
,
32
–33,
119

“backpack budgeting” in,
36

deactivation of racial tiebreaker in,
55

halting middle-class flight as goal of,
36

parent dissatisfaction with,
37
–38

as racial balancing,
52

racial diversity as goal of,
29
,
30
–31,
36
,
53

as racially neutral,
39
,
54

tiebreakers in,
30
–31,
33
,
36
–38,
41

Seattle school lawsuit,
29
,
84
,
376

Browne and,
49
,
52
,
87
–88

Korrell in,
48
–49,
51
–52,
65
,
75
,
76

Madden in,
53
–54,
76

neighborhood school issue in,
54

Ninth Circuit of Appeals ruling on,
55
,
59
,
60
,
64
–65

Pacific Legal Foundation and,
49
,
52

petition for review filed in,
70
,
75
–76

public reaction to,
52

Rothstein’s ruling on,
54
–55

in Washington Supreme Court,
55
,
58
,
59

see also
Seattle-Louisville school integration cases

Second Amendment,
3
,
123
–96

Burger on,
124
,
147

due process and,
166

incorporation issue and,
195

literature on,
135
,
142

litigation on,
see Heller
case;
McDonald
case;
Miller
case;
Parker v. District of Columbia; Seegars v. Ashcroft

Madison’s draft of,
180

precedent and,
126
,
139
,
141
,
150

and privileges and immunities clause,
166

Second Amendment, individual rights interpretation of,
123
–24,
139
,
287
,
378
,
380

Breyer as likely to reject,
146

Burger’s rejection of,
124

Bush administration’s advocacy of,
126
–27,
129
,
137
–38,
152
,
153
,
154
,
156

in criminal cases,
131
–32,
137

D.C. Court of Appeals adoption of,
140
–41

Democratic presidential candidates’ advocacy of,
171

Fifth Circuit Court’s adoption of,
125
–27

Ginsburg as possibly favoring,
145
–46

Kennedy’s advocacy of,
175
–77

Levy team’s three-stage campaign for,
131
,
195

“reasonable restrictions” limit on,
125
,
127
,
150
,
188

Scalia’s advocacy of,
145
,
177
,
188
–94

Thomas seen as favoring,
145

Second Amendment, militia-based interpretation of,
123
–24,
139
,
150

Clinton administration’s advocacy of,
125
–26

Stevens’s advocacy of,
180
,
189
–90

Second Amendment Foundation,
155

Seegars v. Ashcroft:

dismissal of,
138
,
139

Halbrook as lead attorney in,
135
–37

Justice Department and,
136

motion to consolidate
Parker
with,
136
–37

NRA funding of,
134
–35

as pre-enforcement challenge,
139

standing issue in,
136
,
138
,
139

segregation,
see
racial discrimination

Senate, U.S., special interest groups and,
253

Senate Judiciary Committee,
20
,
66
,
243
–44

Alito confirmation hearings in,
27
,
70
–71

Kagan confirmation hearings in,
304
–7,
316
–17

Roberts confirmation hearings in,
13
,
20
–21,
60
–61,
67
–70,
215
–16,
354

Sotomayor confirmation hearings in,
243
–44,
253
–56,
304

September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks of,
82
,
222
,
379

Shapiro, Ilya,
170

Shelby County, Ala. v. Holder
,
248

Sherman Act,
377

Sigale, David,
195

Silberman, Laurence,
141

Simpson, Steve,
137

libertarian philosophy of,
124
,
127

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

Singer, Linda,
147
,
153
,
157

Sixth Amendment,
8
,
378
–79

confrontation clause of,
8
,
15
–16,
221
–22

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals,
344

Affordable Care case in,
330
–31

Louisville lawsuit in,
59
,
60
,
64

Slick Willie
(Bossie and Brown),
200

Smith, William French,
21
,
231
–32

Snead, Maree,
93

Snyder v. Phelps
,
325
–26,
382

Social Security Act (1930),
350

solicitor general,
91
,
154

see also specific cases

Sorrell v. IMS Health
,
326
–27,
382

Sotomayor, Sonia,
8
,
117
,
233
,
317
,
366
n

in Affordable Care case arguments,
342

background of,
253
–54

in
Citizens United
reargument,
263
–64

confrontation clause and,
17

expected tenure of,
17
–18

gun rights and,
254
–55

investiture of,
261

J.D.B
. opinion of,
329
–30

Miranda
rights and,
329
–30

Ricci
and,
239
–40

Senate confirmation hearings of,
243
–44,
253
–56,
304

Supreme Court nomination of,
239
–40,
243

“wise Latina” comment of,
254
,
256

Souter, David,
5
,
7
,
9
,
15
,
354

Boumediene
concurring opinion of,
183

Bowles
dissent of,
311

Citizens United
draft dissent of,
251
,
252

in
Citizens United
oral arguments,
234

color-blindness of Constitution rejected by,
115

confrontation clause and,
16
–17

and
Kennedy v. Louisiana
,
184
–85

leftward shift of,
20
,
105
,
108

respect for precedent emphasized by,
251
–52

retirement of,
17
,
220
,
237
–38,
243
,
248
–49,
253

in
Ricci
oral arguments,
239

Twombly
opinion of,
223
,
309
–10