[EL] Justice Kennedy on assumptions
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Wed Mar 25 09:10:53 PDT 2015
I'm receiving a lot of private messages about the level of sarcasm and
the relevance of this thread for the election law list. Everyone should
keep this in mind before posting.
Thanks.
On 3/25/15 8:30 AM, Sean Parnell wrote:
>
> Well, I’d agree Kennedy didn’t “suggest” how he will rule, but I think
> it’s fair to say he’s also not feeling the need to play his part to
> the hologram of Princess Pelosi urging him to “Help me, Obi Wan
> Kennedy, you’re our only hope to save us from our legislative
> incompetence.”
>
> Sorry, couldn’t help that. But it was that allusion or Ordell Robbie’s
> comment about assumptions, and the Star Wars route seemed the better
> choice…
>
> Sean Parnell
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> *From:*Eric J Segall [mailto:esegall at gsu.edu]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 25, 2015 11:24 AM
> *To:* Josh Blackman
> *Cc:* Sean Parnell; law-election at UCI.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [EL] Justice Kennedy on assumptions
>
> I agree with Josh, though Mark Stern disagrees:
>
> http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/03/23/justice_kennedy_did_not_just_suggest_he_will_rule_against_obamacare.html
>
> Best,
>
> Eric
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>
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Mar 25, 2015, at 11:17 AM, "Josh Blackman" <joshblackman at gmail.com
> <mailto:joshblackman at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> I think these comments do bear on King v. Burwell. Rick linked
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71211> to my post
> <http://joshblackman.com/blog/2015/03/23/justice-kennedy-discusses-gridlock-during-hill-testimony-yes-there-is-a-king-v-burwell-connection/>
> the other day, breaking down the exchange in King v. Burwell that
> Justice Kennedy may have been referring to. I don't think this
> bodes well for the government.
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> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Sean Parnell
> <sean at impactpolicymanagement.com
> <mailto:sean at impactpolicymanagement.com>> wrote:
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> The /Wall Street Journal/ prints today an excerpt
> <http://www.wsj.com/articles/notable-quotable-anthony-kennedy-1427238816>
> from Justice Kennedy’s recent testimony to Congress that seems to
> have some relevance to arguments I’ve see here regarding the VRA
> and /King v. Burwell/.
>
> /Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, testifying before a House
> committee on the court’s budget, among other matters, on March 23:/
>
> It is not novel or new for justices to be concerned that they are
> making so many decisions that affect a democracy. And we think a
> responsible, efficient, responsive legislative and executive
> branch in the political system will alleviate some of that
> pressure. We routinely decide cases involving federal statutes,
> and we say, “Well, if this is wrong, the Congress will fix it.”
> But then we hear that Congress can’t pass the bill one way or the
> other, that there’s gridlock. And some people say, “Well that
> should affect the way we interpret the statutes.” That seems to me
> a wrong proposition. We have to assume that we have three fully
> functioning branches of the government, that are committed to
> proceed in good faith and with good will toward one another to
> resolve the problems of this republic.
>
> Best,
>
> Sean Parnell
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