Steven Mazie

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Teacher. Journalist. Dad. Runner. I cover the Supreme Court for The Economist & teach political science in NYC. Books: American Justice 2015: the Dramatic Tenth Term of the Roberts Court; Israel's Higher Law: Religion and Liberal Democracy in the Jewish State. 
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“Chief Justice Roberts in 1983 memo: Setting a 15-year term limit for judges "would ensure [they] would not lose all touch with reality through decades of ivory tower existence." https://t.co/pyHiMkhDIi”

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"Whatever its flaws, the legal reform is another step on Israel's path toward accord with more traditional notions of balanced government," says Netanyahu. "In the well-known US Supreme Court precedent Marbury v. Madison, Justice John Marshall explained that 'it is the duty &

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NTarnopolsky/status/1619991778861658113

Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي on Twitter

“"Whatever its flaws, the legal reform is another step on Israel's path toward accord with more traditional notions of balanced government," says Netanyahu. "In the well-known US Supreme Court precedent Marbury v. Madison, Justice John Marshall explained that 'it is the duty &”

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The legal reform will consolidate all power in the governing coalition. There will be no checks and no balance.
Pure gaslighting doublespeak from Netanyahu. Marshall wrote that the courts must strike down laws that conflict with the Constitution. And to give the Knesset veto power over the judiciary is to eliminate, not cultivate, “balance”.
Per ⁦@[email protected]⁩, SCOTUS paid Michael Chertoff’s firm ~$1m for what amounted to a “this investigation was awesome” endorsement of the Marshal’s investigation into the Dobbs leaker https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/27/politics/supreme-court-chertoff-leak-investigation/index.html

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It was literally created in a case about the illegal arrests of civil rights protesters. https://twitter.com/5thcircappeals/status/1619160238514667520

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/radleybalko/status/1619166306535870467

Jason P. Steed on Twitter

“it’s quite a coincidence that, not long after the Civil Rights Movement made police brutality against Blacks unpopular, SCOTUS decided to create qualified immunity”

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Plus ca change: a thoughtful colleague gifted me this 1937 polemic against FDR’s court-packing plan. A title for the ages. Thank you @[email protected]
Another example: the Iowa Supreme Court recognized a right to abortion in its constitution in 2018…and last year reversed that decision following a personnel change. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/iowa-supreme-court-concludes-abortion-is-not-protected-by-the-state-constitution
Iowa Supreme Court concludes abortion is not protected by the state constitution

The Iowa Supreme Court has made it easier for lawmakers to limit or outlaw abortion in the state, reversing a decision by the court just four years ago that guaranteed the right to abortion under the Iowa Constitution.

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It’s all about power. Not sure why the North Carolina Court would hesitate to say extreme partisan gerrymandering is just fine.

It would be pretty brazen for the NC Supreme Court to overrule itself so quickly on gerrymandering just because the judges are now majority Republican. But if they take a cue from the federal SCOTUS (see: dissenters in June Medical) Moore v. Harper is toast.

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#ELB: With Petition for Rehearing Filed in (Republican-Majority) North Carolina Supreme Court, Could SCOTUS Decision in Moore v. Harper Become Moot? https://ift.tt/nkKVNcZ

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/rickhasen/status/1618792224568778752

With Petition for Rehearing Filed in (Republican-Majority) North Carolina Supreme Court, Could SCOTUS Decision in Moore v. Harper Become Moot? #ELB

Back on November 9, I wrote: Could the Flipping of the North Carolina Supreme Court to Republican Control Moot the Moore v. Harper Case about the Independent State Legislature Doctrine? With news that the North Carolina Supreme Court has flipped to Republican … Continue reading With Petition for Rehearing Filed in (Republican-Majority) North Carolina Supreme Court, Could SCOTUS Decision in Moore v. Harper Become Moot? →

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