The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution (58 page)

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and,
294
,
339

deliberations leak in,
350
,
351

in Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals,
285
,
331

Farr in,
339

government brief in,
339
–40

individual liberty and,
340

individual mandate question in,
336
,
337
,
338
,
339
,
340
,
343
–45,
347
–48,
350
–51

joint dissent in,
349
,
355

judicial restraint and,
355

Katsas in,
338

Katyal in,
319
,
320
,
321
–23

Long in,
338

Lopez
opinion and,
339

McCollum in,
281
–86,
288
,
295

Medicaid question in,
336
,
338
,
345
,
349
,
354

moot courts in,
322

NAMUDNO
and,
321
–22

National Federation of Independent Business in,
285
,
319
,
334
,
335
,
338

necessary and proper clause and,
348

Obama administration and,
294
–96,
319
,
320
–21,
322

oral arguments in,
340
,
342
–45,
369
n

pre-decision speculation on,
347

Raich
opinion and,
339

recusal demands in,
340
–41

Rivkin in,
284
–86,
288
,
295

Roberts’s opinion in,
240
,
248
,
347
–49,
355

severability question in,
336
,
338
–39,
344
–45

in Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals,
330
–31

standing requirement and,
284
–85,
331

state attorneys general in,
282
,
284
,
286
,
295
,
319
,
320
,
333
–34,
335
,
340

Supreme Court appeals filed in,
333
–34,
335

taxation powers question in,
296
,
321
,
336
,
340
,
342
–43,
344
,
347
–48,
349
,
350
,
351
,
383

Tea Party and,
282
,
286

Verrilli team in,
336
–37

Weiner in,
294
–95

Wickard
and,
291

Age Discrimination in Employment Act,
314

Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933),
290
,
291

Ahlburg, Kaj, in Affordable Care cases,
285

Alito, Martha-Ann,
69

Alito, Samuel, Jr.,
8
,
9
,
20
,
29
,
83
,
96

abortion issue and,
67
–68

Affordable Care dissent of,
349
,
355

in Affordable Care oral arguments,
344

Boumediene
case and,
183

Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association
concurring opinion of,
326

Christian Legal Society
dissent of,
302

in
Citizens United
oral arguments,
234
–35,
250

in
Citizens United
reargument,
264

confrontation clause and,
17

Constitution viewed as color-blind by,
115

Davis
opinion of,
186
,
216
–17

on executive power,
68
–69

First Amendment cases and,
108

Hein
opinion of,
107
–8

J.D.B
. dissent of,
329
–30

Kennedy v. Louisiana
dissent of,
185
–86

Knox
opinion of,
345
–46

Ledbetter
opinion of,
107
,
309

in
LULAC
dissent,
81

McDonald
opinion of,
302

Montejo
opinion of,
266

and Obama’s State of the Union Address,
273

O’Connor’s voting record compared to,
84

partisan politics accusations against,
341

personality of,
72

petitions for review and,
75

racial diversity as seen by,
30

in Reagan administration,
25
,
67
–68,
70
,
308

on respect for precedent,
68

in Roberts Court conservative shift,
71
–73,
84
,
88
,
107
,
117
,
170
–71,
200
,
211

seen as pro-business,
307
–8

Senate confirmation hearings of,
66
–67

Senate confirmation of,
27
,
70
–71

as shooting enthusiast,
170

Snyder
dissent of,
325

Stevens
dissent of,
301

Supreme Court nomination of,
25
,
70
–71

and Vermont campaign finance decision,
211

WRTL
opinion of,
214

Al Odah v. United States
,
151

Amar, Akhil,
321
–22

American Civil Liberties Union,
206

American Constitution Society,
287
,
342

American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut
,
324
,
382

American Rights at Work,
217

American Sovereignty Project,
202

American Spectator
,
341

amicus curiae briefs,
78
,
86

by academics,
181

importance of,
161

see also specific cases

Anderson, Audrey,
93
,
99
,
102

“And for the Sake of the Kids,”
230

Anti-Injunction Act (1867),
295
–96,
320
–21,
331
,
336
,
337
,
338
,
342

Appeal, The
(Grisham),
229

arbitration cases,
313
,
315
,
324
,
381

Arizona,
383

anti-immigration law of,
91
,
312
,
320
,
324
,
333
,
346
–47,
381
,
383

public campaign finance system of,
278
,
382

Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn
,
328
–29,
383

Arizona Free Enterprise Club v. Bennett
,
327
–28,
382

Arizona v. United States
,
333
,
346
–47,
383

Articles of Confederation,
288

Ashcroft, John,
90
,
136
,
222

Second Amendment interpretation of,
126
–27,
129
,
137
–38,
152
,
153
,
154

Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition
,
269

Ashcroft v. Iqbal
,
221
,
222
–24,
267
,
310
,
379

assisted suicide,
83

AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion
,
315
,
324
,
381

Atkins v. Virginia
,
184

Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce
,
204
,
214
,
224
,
227
,
251
,
258
–60

Citizens United
and,
249
,
252
,
258
,
261
,
262
–65,
269
,
270
–71,
272
,
274

Kennedy’s dissent in,
260
,
269

Olson’s attack on,
228

Scalia’s dissent in,
260

T. Marshall’s opinion in,
259
–60

Authorization for Use of Military Force,
82
,
83

Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
,
26
–27,
375

Bakke
case,
57
–58,
90
,
113

Balkin, Jack,
6
–7

Balkinization blog,
287

Ballard High School (Seattle),
30
–31,
32
–33,
37
,
38
–39,
54
,
77

Barnes, Kenny,
145

Barnett, Randy,
166
–67,
332
,
334
,
347
,
351

Affordable Care cases and,
287
–88

in
Raich
case,
293

Baze v. Rees
,
367
n

Bea, Carlos,
65
,
110

Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
,
223
–24,
309
–10,
377
–78

Benjamin, Brent,
230
–31

Berry, Brian,
201

Biden, Joseph,
304

Bill of Rights,
123
,
135

state incorporation of,
195

bin Laden, Osama,
82

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (2002),
see
McCain-Feingold Act

Black, Hugo,
268

Black Codes,
136

Black Lung Benefits Act,
350

Blackmun, Harry A.,
44
,
45
,
48
,
57
,
95
,
232
,
298
,
299

Blackstone, William,
177

Blankenship, Don,
230
–31,
244

Bliss, John,
202

Blum, Edward,
4
,
241
,
248

Board of Education v. Dowell
,
46

Boies, David,
268
,
320

Bolick, Clint,
124
–25

Bondi, Pam,
319
–20

Bonilla, Henry,
80
–81

Boos, Michael,
201
,
202
,
205
,
225
,
267
–68

and
Citizens United
decision,
245

on
Citizens United
oral arguments,
236

and
Citizens United
reargument,
249

Olson hired by,
226

see also
Citizens United

Bopp, James, Jr.,
212
,
227
,
334

in abortion rights cases,
218
,
224

Bossie’s firing of,
225
–26

Citizens United
strategy of,
224
–25

ideological purity test devised by,
218
–19

Border War
(film),
206

Bork, Robert,
129

Borkowski, John,
93

Bossie, David,
199
,
200
,
225
,
267
–68,
270
,
277

background of,
200

and
Citizens United
decision,
245

on
Citizens United
oral arguments,
236

and
Citizens United
reargument,
249
,
260
,
261
–62,
265

on FEC complaint outcome,
205

Olson hired by,
225
–26

see also
Citizens United

Boudin, Michael,
63

Boumediene v. Bush
,
151
,
175
,
220
,
378

amicus briefs in,
182

Kennedy’s opinion in,
182
–84

Bowles v. Russell
,
311
,
378

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence,
137
–38

gun rights position of,
138

Parker
supported by,
140

Seegars
opposed by,
139

Supreme Court appeal of
Parker
opposed by,
146

Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act,
135

Brennan, William, Jr.,
43
,
44
,
164
,
297
–98,
299

Brewer, Jan,
333

Breyer, Stephen,
5
,
7
–8,
83
,
85
,
105
,
106
,
108

Boumediene
case and,
183

Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association
dissent of,
325
–26

in
Citizens United
oral arguments,
234
,
236

color-blindness of Constitution rejected by,
115