Today in Supreme Court History: August 29, 1967

8/29/1967: Justice Neil Gorsuch's birthday.

Justice Neil Gorsuch

 

Comments

[Dan Schiavetta]

Keyes v. Denver School District No. 1, 396 U.S. 1215 (decided August 29, 1969): Brennan vacates Circuit Court's stay of desegregation plan; Circuit Court's rationale was to allow time to build public support for plan, but that is not a good enough reason (Denver went through years of litigation with various plans, finally ending in 1991)

[DaivdBehar]

Ivy indoctrinated dipshit, the next Kennedy style conservative turncoat.

It is the local culture of the rent seeking, big government capital. I do not blame people who cannot overcome their location.

That is why the Supreme Court must be moved to Wichita, KS, the middle of the continental US, geographically and culturally.

[bernard11]

These posts wouldn't be so bad if Josh actually posted something of interest.

But this is absolute useless bullshit. Gorsuch's birthday? Really?

Why Reason lets him get away with these placeholder posts that do nothing but provide a link to his damn book is something I don't understand.

[DaivdBehar]

I find them to be good conversation starters. Stop being a Democrat nitpicker little whiner.

[Mr. Bumble]

Talking to yourself is not conversation.

[DaivdBehar]

It is for your welfare. So you can find my thoughts, aspirations, theories, analyses, proposals, incisive insights in one convenient location. You just refuse to listen.

[Krychek_2]

I don't recall you having any incisive insights the whole time you've been commenting.

[Dan Schiavetta]

bernard11

Looking at what actually happened in the S.Ct. on a particular day, even during this long (to me) summer of reporting on motions, opens windows on larger issues. In Keyes, for example, we see the conflict between what to do after Brown's mandate to desegregate "with all deliberate speed" has receded 15 years into the past (Brennan) and the practical necessity of, once a specific plan has been ordered, taking time to get the people affected mentally prepared for it (the Circuit Court).

[Bob from Ohio]

"Reason lets him get away with"

Reason hosts the Conspiracy, it doesn't have editorial control.

Just skip the posts if they annoy you.

[Syd Henderson]

Doesn't look like much of anything happened on this day. Captcrisis could only come up with one stay order.

I was surprised to see Denver here (though it looks like they were trying to comply), then I remembered Colorado Springs, the next largest city in Colorado, was the setting of BlacKKKlansman, which also surprised me.

[Dan Schiavetta]

Every day there are a number of orders. I only pick the ones that deal with an interesting issue or backstory and some days there's only one.

[Bob from Ohio]

"interesting issue or backstory"

50 year old procedural opinions, usually by one justice, are not at all interesting.

[Dan Schiavetta]

I suppose you don't care about the aspects of busing noted by Brennan. Which means you don't care about the Fourteenth Amendment or Brown.

[Frank Drackman]

Can't wait for September 14

[Sarcastr0]

Between captcrisis' value add and those who treat it as an open thread of the day, It's evolved into infuriatingly dull log-rolling into something I look forwards to.

[mulch]

I used to have a game -- see how many major-leaguers are older than you. That game's over (Dammit, Jamie Moyer) but I still have "see how many SC justices are older than you"!