The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution (66 page)

Vermont campaign finance dissent of,
211
–12

WRTL
dissent of,
214
–15

South Carolina, voter ID law of,
320

special interest groups,
10

campaign spending by,
203

issue ads by,
203

Senate and,
253

Supreme Court cases and,
160
–61

Specter, Arlen,
23
,
66
,
256

SpeechNow.org v. FEC
,
275
,
276

Spellings, Margaret,
92

Staackmann, Dan,
196

standing,
136
,
138
,
139
,
284
–85,
331

Stanford, John,
30
,
36

stare decisis, see
precedent, respect for

Starr, Ken,
159

State of Florida v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
,
318
–19

Steeh, George,
318

Stenberg v. Carhart
,
215

Stevens, John Paul,
5
,
7
,
347

Bush v. Gore
dissent of,
299

Citizens United
dissent of,
270
,
271
,
272
–73

clerks in drafting opinions by,
105

color-blindness of Constitution rejected by,
115

confrontation clause and,
16
–17

Davis
dissent of,
217

death penalty and,
298
,
367
n
-68
n

due process championed by,
297
–98

Gross
dissent of,
314

Hamdan
opinion of,
82
–83

Heller
dissent of,
180
,
189
–90

in
Heller
oral arguments,
178
–79

and
Kennedy v. Louisiana
,
184
–85

legacy of,
297
–99

McDonald
dissent of,
302
–3

on oral arguments,
169
–70

on originalism vs. pragmatism,
192

Padilla
opinion of,
297

petitions for review and,
74

precedent and,
180

Raich
opinion of,
292

retirement of,
15
,
17
,
71
,
296
–97,
300
,
303

on Roberts Court conservatism,
299

Roberts sworn in by,
18
–19

Seattle-Louisville case dissent of,
114
–15

Second Amendment interpretation of,
180
,
189
–90

as senior associate justice,
95

Vermont campaign finance dissent of,
211
–12

Stevens
case,
300
–301,
380

Stewart, Malcolm,
153
,
228
–29

background of,
232
–33

in
Citizens United
oral arguments,
234
–36,
250
–51

Stewart, Nathaniel,
287

Stewart, Potter,
45
,
298

strict scrutiny,
111
,
153

Sunstein, Cass,
22

Super PACs,
275
–77

Supreme Court, U.S.:

assignment of opinion writing in,
95
,
96
,
102
,
107
,
180
–81

briefs in,
86
–87,
339

Burger Court,
see
Burger Court

collegiality in,
14
,
352
–53

commerce clause rulings of,
288
–94

compromise in,
94

conferences in,
17
,
169

constitutionality tests of,
152
–53

credibility and standing of,
252

grounds for granting review by,
150
–51

historical research and,
181
–82

oral arguments in,
86
–87,
97
,
105
,
169
–70,
233
,
317

political process in,
6
–7

public cynicism about,
6
,
199

reading of dissents from the bench as rarity in,
107

reargument in,
72
,
78
–79

Rehnquist Court,
see
Rehnquist Court

retirements and changed dynamic of,
13
–14

reversal of lower courts by,
85

Roberts Court,
see
Roberts Court

special interests groups and,
160
–61

strategic leadership concept rejected by,
95
–96

three standards for review by,
194

Warren Court,
29
,
43
,
44
,
50
,
68
,
164

see also specific cases

Supreme Court clerks,
220
,
317
–18

division of cases among,
104

in writing of opinions,
104
–5,
318

suspension clause,
151
,
182
–84,
378

Suter, William,
245

Sutton, Jeffrey,
330
–31,
344

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of Education
,
43
–44,
101

Taft-Hartley Act (1947),
209

Tea Party,
282
,
286
,
341

Tellabs v. Makor
,
310

Tennessee Valley Authority,
324

testimonial evidence,
16
,
221

Texas, redistricting in,
29
,
80
,
83
,
320
,
334
,
341
,
345

Texas, University of, affirmative action suit against,
5
,
117
,
241

Texas Tribune
,
4

textualism,
167
,
193

Thomas, Clarence,
7
,
8
,
24
,
27
,
83
,
125
,
308
,
352

and Affordable Care case recusal demands,
340
–41

Affordable Care dissent of,
349
,
355

Boumediene
case and,
183

Bowles
opinion of,
311

Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association
dissent of,
326

Citizens United
concurring opinion of,
272

clerks in drafting opinions by,
105

commerce clause as viewed by,
289

Comstock
dissent of,
294

Constitution viewed as color-blind by,
112
,
115

Davis
case and,
186

as dissenting from Seattle-Louisville denial of review,
76

Doe v. Reed
dissent of,
301

on executive power,
83

First Amendment cases and,
108

Gross
opinion of,
267
,
314

and
Kennedy v. Louisiana
,
185

Marsh
opinion of,
73

NAMUDNO
dissent of,
248

on oral arguments,
105
,
170

as originalist,
70
,
113
,
165
–66

partisan politics accusations against,
341

as rarely asking questions in oral arguments,
102

Seattle-Louisville concurring opinion of,
112

Second Amendment interpretation of,
145

on Tillman Act,
208

and Vermont campaign finance decision,
211

Washington State Grange
opinion of,
174
–75

as willing to disregard precedent,
165
,
166

WRTL
case and,
214

Thomas More Law Center,
282

Thomas More Law Center v. Obama
,
318
,
330
–31

Tillman Act (1907),
207
–9

Title VII,
238
–39,
246
,
247
,
267
,
364
n
,
377

transparency,
168

Treasury Department, U.S.,
322

Tremaine, Davis Wright,
32
,
48
–49

Twombly
case,
223
–24,
309
–10,
377
–78

Uniform Code of Military Justice,
82
,
151
,
376

unions,
see
corporations and unions

United Nations,
202
,
206

United States v. Comstock, see Comstock
case

United States v. Emerson, see Emerson
case

United States v. Lopez, see Lopez
case

United States v. Miller, see Miller
case

United States v. Morrison, see Morrison
case

United States v. Stevens, see Stevens
case

Upper Big Branch mine,
230

USA Today
,
299

U.S. Bill of Rights Foundation,
142

U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
217
,
229
,
313
,
316
,
324

Roberts Court and,
307
–8

U.S. Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting
,
312

Vermont:

campaign finance law of,
211
–12,
218

prescription data-mining law of,
326
,
382

Verrilli, Donald, Jr.,
319
,
335
,
347

in Affordable Care cases,
336
–37

in Affordable Care oral arguments,
342
–44

Veterans of Foreign Wars,
301

Violence Against Women Act,
292

Virginia, Affordable Care lawsuits in,
318
,
331

see also
Affordable Care cases

Virginia Law Review
,
193

Virginia Tech massacre,
144

Virginia v. Sebelius
,
318
,
331

Volokh blog,
287

Von Breichenruchardt, Dane,
141
,
142
–43

voting rights,
83
,
354
,
356

Voting Rights Act (1965),
4
,
29
,
80
,
89
,
118
,
319
,
321
,
341
,
379

congressional reauthorization of,
240
–41,
242
–43

Section 2 of,
240

Section 5 of,
240
–43,
247
–48

Wall Street Journal
,
155
,
283

Wal-Mart v. Dukes
,
323
–24,
381

Warren, Earl,
43
,
68

Warren Court,
29
,
43
,
44
,
50
,
68
,
164

Washington, D.C., gun laws,
128
,
138
,
189

challenges to,
see Heller
case;
Parker v. District of Columbia; Seegars v. Ashcroft

Hutchison bill and,
143
–44

Washington, University of, affirmative action case against,
53
,
56

Washington Post
,
50
,
355

Washington State:

Initiative 200 in,
36
–37,
49
,
51
,
53
,
54
–55

Republican Party in,
50

Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party
,
174
–75

Washington Supreme Court, Seattle schools lawsuit in,
55
,
58
,
59

Watergate scandal,
209

Waxman, Seth,
91
,
261
,
265

Weiner, Robert,
294
–95,
336

Weinstein, Bob and Harvey,
205

Westboro Baptist Church,
324
–25,
382

West Virginia Supreme Court,
230

wetland regulation,
83

White, Byron,
15
,
210
,
299

Whitewater investigation,
200
–201

Wickard v. Filburn
,
291
,
292

Wilbur, Kirby,
201

Wilkinson, J. Harvie,
193
–94

Wisconsin Right to Life (WRTL),
212
–15

Wisconsin Right to Life (WRTL)
case,
108
,
187
,
212
–16,
218
,
224
,
227
,
235
,
236
,
377

functional equivalency test and,
212
,
213
,
234

McConnell
as effectively overruled by,
214

Yoo, John,
70

Zumbrun, Ronald,
49