SCOTUS Reprimands Anti-LGBTQ Groups for Misgendering Trans Student Gavin Grimm. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwloDgszQ
Udall: Amend the Constitution, Wipe Out Citizens United
Sen. Tom Udall (D., N.M.) has proposed a constitutional amendment that would wipe out the Supreme Court’s 5-to-4 ruling in Citizens United.
The ruling last year unleashed a flood of campaign contributions from corporations and super PACs, which can spend as much money as they want and do so nearly anonymously.
The proposal put forth by Udall would add language to the Constitution that says Congress and the states can regulate campaign contributions and expenditures. Click here for more on the proposal in The New Mexican.
This proposal is seen as part of broader movement to rethink and reform the notion of corporate personhood in the US.
SCOTUScast: Expert Commentary on the Supremes From the Federalist Society
This audio broadcast series provides expert commentary on U.S. Supreme Court cases as they are argued and issued. To supplement our scholars’ analysis, we provide brief descriptions of the issues in the cases. The Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker. We hope these broadcasts, like all of our programming, will serve to stimulate discussion and further exchange regarding important current legal issues. The podcasts below are broken up into two groups: Post-Decision podcasts and Post-Argument podcasts.
via SCOTUScast » Publications » The Federalist Society.
Great resource. Commentary started with the October 2006 term and continues. The podcasts are available directly from the site, via RSS or through iTunes.
SCOTUS Wants to Bring Web Site In-House
In a burst of reinvention, though, the high court is asking Congressional appropriators for about $800,000 to take the site in-house (in chamber?) and give it a good overhaul. The Government Printing Office established the site in 2000, and has been running it ever since.
The court has increasingly been doing its own Web production, and in its request to Congress, it noted a rather astonishing mark of success: a “100 percent increase” in hits, to almost 19 million in January 2009, compared with January 2008.
via Supreme Court Plans a Web Overhaul – The Lede Blog – NYTimes.com.
Sounds like an excellent idea, so long as the money is well spent. May be worth the Court’s time to take a look at some of the other sites that are serving their opinions to get ideas and ask for help.