Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Congress and the Courts

For Monday: Davidson, ch. 14, Straus, ch. 5.

For Wed:  what domestic topics do you want to discuss?

ALSO:  FINAL WEEK -- WHAT TOPICS DO YOU WANT TO REVISIT OR ADD?

Court-packing  (Davidson 349-350).

A check on the court:  jurisdiction-stripping, or court-stripping (Davidson 357-358 -- still in the news

Constitutional Amendments

Response to statutory (vs. constitutional) interpretation (Davidson p. 355)  Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

Supreme Court Nominations

Clarence Thomas:




In hearings, senators try to get judicial nominees on the record.  NOTE WHAT ALITO SAYS (START AT 18:45) ABOUT STARE DECISIS.






Merrick Garland and "the Biden Rule" 

Gorsuch and the nuclear option 

Blue Slips and Senatorial Courtesy (Davidson, 369)

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