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  Vermont campaign finance opinion of, 211

  as willing to compromise, 94–95

  Broken Promises (film), 206

  Brose, Kathleen, 28, 32, 35, 37–38, 40, 41, 48, 51, 54, 63, 77, 85, 87, 98, 102, 118

  Brown, Floyd, 200, 201

  Brown, Mary, 285

  Brown, Scott, 286

  Browne, Sharon, 63, 64, 78

  Seattle lawsuit and, 49, 52, 87–89

  Brown v. Board of Education, 2, 29–30, 34, 43–44, 78, 86, 101, 109, 111, 112, 165, 168, 332

  Roberts’s alleged distortion of, 113–15

  Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, 325–26, 382

  Bryan, William Jennings, 208

  Buckley, James, 209

  Buckley v. Valeo, 203, 209–12, 259, 270–71, 274, 275, 276

  Burger, Warren, 14, 44, 45

  on Second Amendment, 124, 147

  Burger Court, 50

  Bakke decision of, 57–58

  Bellotti decision of, 259

  Buckley v. Valeo decision of, 209–12

  desegregation rulings by, 43–46

  Burton, Dan, 201

  Bush, George W., 202, 241

  Alito nominated by, 25, 70–71

  judicial nominees of, 212

  Miers nominated by, 18

  Roberts nominated by, 20, 60

  in 2000 election, 218

  in 2004 election, 202

  warrantless wiretapping authorized by, 68–69, 71

  Bush, Jeb, 88

  Bush (G.H.W.) administration, Roberts in, 19, 21, 23

  Bush (G.W.) administration, 364n

  detainee policies of, 73, 82–83, 151, 175, 182–84, 220, 237

  Federalist Society and, 50

  Michigan affirmative action cases and, 90

  military commissions of, 73, 82–83, 151, 237, 376

  preemption and, 311

  Second Amendment interpretation of, 126–27, 129, 137–38, 152, 153, 154, 156

  Bush v. Gore, 6, 7, 20, 50, 90, 199, 226, 267, 268, 299, 320, 332, 352

  Byrd, Robert, 71

  California:

  Proposition 8 in, 132, 226, 268, 320, 366n

  Proposition 209 in, 49–50

  California, University of, at Davis, 57

  California Civil Rights Initiative Campaign, 49

  campaign finance, 199–278

  Arizona Free Enterprise Club case and, 327–28, 382

  Austin case and, 204, 224, 227, 228, 249, 251, 252

  Buckley v. Valeo and, 209–12, 259

  Caperton case and, 229–31

  Davis case and, 186, 216–17, 218

  First Amendment and, 186–87, 200

  functional equivalency test in, 212, 213, 219, 228, 229, 234

  issue ads and, 203, 212–13, 215, 217

  McCain-Feingold Act as attempt to regulate, 203, 378

  McConnell case and, 204, 210, 212, 213, 214, 224, 226, 227, 231, 249, 252

  Montana case and, 274–75, 334, 346

  Roberts test for, 213, 217, 224

  soft money and, 273

  special interest money in, 203

  Super PACs and, 275–77

  Taft-Hartley Act and, 209

  Tillman Act and, 207–9

  Vermont case and, 211–12, 218

  see also Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission; Wisconsin Right to Life (WRTL) case

  Caperton, Hugh, 230

  Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., 229–31, 271, 379

  Kennedy’s opinion in, 244–45

  Roberts’s dissent in, 244

  Carhart case, 97, 106–7, 215, 376

  Carter, Robert, 114, 115

  Carvin, Michael, 117–18

  Affordable Care brief of, 340

  in Affordable Care cases, 338, 340

  in Affordable Care oral arguments, 343–44

  Casey, Lee:

  in Affordable Care cases, 284–86, 288

  Wall Street Journal op-ed column of, 283

  Cato Institute, 128, 129, 142, 179, 229

  Ceballos, Richard, 269

  Celsius 41.11 (film), 205–6

  Center for Equal Opportunity, 77, 87

  Center for Individual Rights, 56

  Center for Political Accountability, 229

  Center for Public Integrity, 217

  cert pool, 74

  Chafee, Lincoln, 70

  Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, 381

  Cheney, Dick, 20

  Heller amicus brief joined by, 155–56, 161

  Second Amendment interpretation of, 154, 156

  Chicago handgun case, see McDonald v. City of Chicago

  Chief Justice, opinion assignments by, 180–81

  child labor, 290

  Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, 302

  Citizens for Voluntary Integration Committee, 35

  Citizens United, 199, 216, 225, 277

  board of, 201–2

  budget of, 202

  corporate electioneering restrictions and, 227–28

  disclosure requirements and, 227–28

  in FEC complaint against Fahrenheit 9/11 ads, 202–3, 204–5

  FEC lawsuit of, see Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

  lobbying arm of, 202

  movies produced by, 205–6

  PAC of, 202

  Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 98, 108, 187, 220, 224–28, 245, 300, 316, 380

  amicus briefs in, 229

  Austin case and, 270–71, 272

  book-banning issue in, 235, 236, 250

  Bopp replaced by Olson in, 225–26

  Bossie and Boos’s search for legal team for, 207

  consequences of, 273–78

  D.C. Appeals Court ruling on, 219

  facial constitutionality and, 226–27

  functional equivalency test and, 219, 228, 229, 234

  in Kagan confirmation hearings, 304, 306

  Kennedy and, 245

  Kennedy’s draft opinion in, 251, 252

  Kennedy’s opinion in, 270–72, 277

  McConnell case and, 270–71, 274

  Montana campaign finance case and, 334, 346

  as narrowly framed, 224

  oral arguments in, 233–36, 250–51

  PACs and, 271–72, 275–76

  precedent and, 272, 273

  public reaction to, 273–74, 277–78

  Roberts’s concurring opinion in, 272

  Scalia on meaning of, 274, 275

  Scalia’s concurring opinion in, 272

  solicitor general’s brief in, 228–29

  Souter’s draft dissent in, 251, 252

  Stevens dissent in, 270, 271, 272–73

  Supreme Court case as goal of, 207, 277

  Thomas’s concurring opinion in, 272

  Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, reargument of, 78–79, 248–52, 256–58

  Abrams in, 260–61, 263–64

  Alito in, 264

  amicus briefs in, 258

  Austin case and, 249, 252, 258, 261, 262–65, 269

  book-banning issue in, 262, 265

  Ginsburg in, 262–63, 265

  Kagan in, 257–58, 262, 264–65

  McConnell case and, 249, 252, 260–61, 269

  Olson in, 256–57, 260, 262–65

  Roberts in, 264

  Scalia in, 264–65

  Sotomayor in, 263–64

  Waxman in, 265

  Civil Rights Act (1866), 136

  Civil Rights Act (1964), 291

  Civil War, U.S., 136

  Clean Air Act (1970), 106, 307, 324, 376

  Clean Water Act (1972), 83, 307, 345, 364n

  Clegg, Roger, 77–78

  and Seattle-Louisville cases, 87

  Clement, Paul, 90–91, 187

  Affordable Care brief of, 340

  in Affordable Care cases, 320, 334, 337–38, 340

  in Affordable Care oral arguments, 343–44

  background of, 337

  Helle
r brief of, 152, 153–56

  in Heller oral arguments, 173, 174, 178, 320

  in McDonald case, 337–38

  in Seattle-Louisville case, 92, 99, 100, 320

  Clinton, Bill, 158, 167, 200, 282

  Clinton, Hillary:

  health care reform and, 283

  2008 presidential campaign of, 200, 206, 227–28

  Whitewater and, 201

  Clinton administration:

  Kagan in, 305

  Second Amendment interpretation of, 125–26

  Coburn, Thomas, 304, 305

  Coleman, Gregory, 241–42

  commerce clause, 165–66, 331

  activity-inactivity distinction in, 287, 288, 305, 331, 333, 334, 348, 350

  Affordable Care cases and, 3, 283, 287, 322, 332–33, 336, 339, 344, 347–48, 349, 350, 354

  Gibbons and, 289–90

  Lopez and, 292, 293

  Madison on, 288–89

  Morrison and, 292, 293

  NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin and, 290–91

  Raich and, 292–93

  Supreme Court rulings on, 288–94

  Thomas’s view of, 289

  Wickard and, 291

  compelling interest, 58, 63, 88

  racial diversity as, 30, 57–58, 59, 64, 90–91, 93, 100–101, 109, 110, 116

  strict scrutiny and, 111, 153

  Comstock case, 293–94, 380

  Affordable Care cases and, 294, 339

  confrontation clause, 8, 15–16, 221–22

  Congress, U.S., 83, 380

  partisan warfare in, 341

  regulation of economic activity by, see commerce clause

  taxation powers of, 283, 287, 296, 321, 340, 342, 344, 347–48, 349, 350, 351, 383

  Congressional Budget Office, 284

  Connerly, Ward, 36, 49

  Conrad, Kent, 71

  Conrad, Robin, 316

  consistent rate of agreement, 4

  Constitution, U.S., 6

  Article I of, 3

  as color-blind, 8, 110, 112, 115–16

  commerce clause of, see commerce clause

  confrontation clause of, 8, 15–16, 221–22

  due process clause of, 125, 136, 166, 231, 297–98, 379

  establishment clause of, 165, 215, 328–29, 364n, 377

  as living document, see pragmatism

  necessary and proper clause of, 289, 293–94, 380

  original meaning of, see originalism

  range of language in, 9

  Supreme Court standards in cases on, 152–53

  suspension clause of, 151, 182–84, 378

  Constitutional Accountability Center, 307–8

  Controlled Substances Act, 292, 293

  Cooper, Charles, 132

  Cornhusker kickback amendment, 282–83, 344

  corporations and unions:

  and consequences of Citizens United ruling, 274–77

  electioneering restrictions on, 203–4, 209, 215, 219, 251, 261–65, 270–73

  First Amendment rights of, 263–64, 273, 380

  PACs of, 203, 204, 209

  Crawford, Michael, 15–16

  Crawford v. Washington, 15–16, 221–22

  crossing of political lines, 8–9

  Crow, Harlan, 341

  cruel and unusual punishment, 73, 165, 184–86

  Cruz, Ted, 170

  Cuccinelli, Ken, 282, 318–19

  Davis, Jack, 186, 216

  Davis v. Federal Election Commission, 216–17, 218, 378

  Alito’s opinion in, 186, 216–17

  death penalty, 83, 376

  Atkins v. Virginia and, 184

  Kennedy v. Louisiana and, 184–86, 378

  Roper v. Simmons and, 184

  Stevens and, 298, 367n-68n

  Decision Points (Bush), 20

  Defense of Marriage Act, 91, 320

  DeLay, Tom, 80

  Delery, Stuart, 336

  Dellinger, Walter, 71, 148, 152

  Affordable Care Act and, 287–88

  on aggressiveness of Roberts Court, 194

  background of, 158

  case load of, 158–59

  Heller amicus briefs and, 162

  in Heller oral arguments, 159, 160, 173, 174, 175–78, 179

  on likely Heller outcome, 171–72

  on Miller case, 173

  Depression, Great, 290

  Deran, Dick, 48, 51

  Detainee Treatment Act (2005), 83, 182

  discrimination:

  disparate impact, 238–39, 246, 247, 379

  gender, 323–24

  job, 313, 345, 364n, 377, 379–80, 381

  racial, see racial balancing; racial discrimination; racial diversity

  District of Columbia, see Washington, D.C.

  District of Columbia Court of Appeals:

  Citizens United ruling of, 219

  Parker suit sustained by, 140–41, 173

  Second Amendment interpretation of, 140–41

  Seegars case dismissed by, 139–40

  District of Columbia v. Heller, see Heller case

  Doe v. Reed, 301, 381

  Douglas, William O., 352

  due process clause, 125, 136, 166, 231, 297–98, 379

  Durbin, Richard, 66–67

  economic activity, regulation of, see commerce clause

  Education Department, U.S., 92

  Eighth Amendment, 108, 378, 380, 383

  cruel and unusual punishment in, 73, 165, 184–86

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 45

  elections, U.S.:

  of 1896, 208

  of 1904, 208

  of 1992, 200

  of 2000, 20, 199, 218

  of 2004, 202, 204, 205, 212

  of 2008, 199, 200, 206, 227–28

  of 2010, 332

  Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 285, 331

  Emerson, Timothy, 125, 127

  Emerson case, 125–27, 129, 137

  Endangered Species Act, 364n

  Engle, David, 30–32, 36

  English Bill of Rights, 182

  English common law, 16

  habeas corpus in, 182

  environmentalism, 267

  Environmental Protection Agency, 84, 364n, 376

  regulation of greenhouse gas emissions by, 106

  Epstein, Lee, 315

  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), 107, 125, 364n, 377

  equal protection clause, 3, 54, 56, 59, 63, 65, 80, 100, 112, 113, 114, 115, 136, 168, 187, 238, 247

  Erica P. John Fund v. Halliburton, 310

  establishment clause, 165, 215, 328–29, 364n, 377

  Estrada, Miguel, 159, 320

  exclusionary rule, 68, 73, 79, 266

  executive branch:

  partisan politics and, 341

  powers of, 68–69, 83

  Exxon Valdez oil spill, 159

  facial constitutionality, 213–14, 226–27

  Fahrenheit 9/11 (film), 202–5

  Farm Bankruptcy Act (1934), 290

  Farr, H. Bartow, 339

  “faux judicial restraint,” 214, 215

  Federal Arbitration Act, 315

  Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, 312

  Federal Election Campaign Act (1971; amended 1974), 205, 209, 210

  Federal Election Commission (FEC), 200, 209, 250, 258, 272

  Citizens United Fahrenheit 9/11 complaint to, 202–3, 204–5

  Citizens United lawsuit against, see Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

  Roberts test and, 217

  WRTL case and, 212–16

  Federal Election Commission v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life, 259

  Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, see Wisconsin Right to Life (WRTL) case

  Federalist Society, 50–51, 128, 154

  Feingold, Russell, 69, 203, 212, 229, 261, 265

  Fenty, Anthony, 134, 138, 143

  in Parker appeal, 144, 146–47, 148

  Fifteenth Amendment, 240, 242, 2
48

  Fifth Amendment, 222

  see also due process clause

  Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 125–27, 137

  Filburn, Roscoe, 291, 292

  firefighters, racial discrimination and, 238–40, 241, 246, 255

  First Amendment, 3, 10, 73, 108, 165–66

  association rights in, 174–75, 213

  Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association and, 325–26, 382

  Buckley v. Valeo and, 209–12

  campaign finance and, 186–87, 200

  Citizens United and, see Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

  corporations and, 263–64, 273, 380

  Davis case and, 186, 216–17, 218, 378

  establishment clause of, see establishment clause

  Iqbal case and, 222

  Kennedy’s views on, 268–69

  McConnell case and, 213, 214

  and money-equals-speech controversy, 210, 211–12

  petition right in, 213

  Roberts Court cases on, 300–301, 324–27, 377, 380, 381, 382, 383

  Snyder v. Phelps and, 325–26, 382

  Sorrell v. IMS Health and, 326–27, 382

  Vermont campaign finance case and, 211–12, 218

  WRTL case and, see Wisconsin Right to Life (WRTL) case

  First Circuit Court of Appeals, 63

  Fisher, Abigail, 4

  Fisher v. University of Texas, 4

  501(c)(4) entities, 276

  Florida, Affordable Care lawsuit of, see Affordable Care cases

  Ford, Gerald, 298

  Fourteenth Amendment, 3, 113, 292, 376

  due process clause of, see due process clause

  equal protection clause of, see equal protection clause

  privileges and immunities clause of, 166

  Fourth Amendment, 345

  exclusionary rule of, 68, 73, 79, 266

  Framers:

  commerce clause and, 288–89

  English law and, 177

  habeas corpus and, 182

  importance of militia for, 176, 180

  original intent of, see originalism

  see also Constitution, U.S.

  Franken, Al, 306–7

  Frankfurter, Felix, 24, 351, 352, 354–55, 356

  Franklin High School (Seattle), 32, 39, 77

  freedom of association, 174–75, 213

  freedom of speech, see First Amendment

  Freeman v. Pitts, 46

  Fried, Charles, 288

  Friendly, Henry, 24, 354–55, 356

  From Jim Crow to Civil Rights (Klarman), 46

  Frost, Robert, 249

  Fuller, Melvin, 1

  functional equivalency test, 212, 213, 219, 228, 229, 234

  Garcetti v. Ceballos, 73, 269, 375–76

  Garfield High School (Seattle), 34

  Garner, Bryan, 163

  Garre, Gregory, 153, 228, 320

  in Citizens United case, 225

  Gaziano, Todd, 287

  gender discrimination lawsuits, 323–24

  Geneva Conventions, 82, 151, 376

  Gershengorn, Ira, 295, 336

  Gibbons v. Ogden, 289–90, 305

 

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