Bloomberg
Balanced-Budget Amendment Could Curb Spending Needed in Economic Recovery
By Alison Fitzgerald and Greg Stohr
July 31, 2011
Three out of four Americans favor a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget, polls show. The question is whether an amendment would create more problems than it fixes.
Fox News
Balanced Budget Amendment Appeases House Conservatives, Dismays Analysts
By Sharon Kehnemui
July 29, 2011
House Speaker John Boehner on Friday straddled the hurdle he needed to get his debt-reduction proposal passed, sweetening the pot for Tea Party Republicans with the pledge of a vote on a Balanced Budget Amendment.
But getting conservative Republicans on board is the easy part.
Washington Post
Like activist judges? Then you’ll love the balanced budget amendment
By Brad Plumer
July 28, 2011
Reason
Death to the Living Constitution
By Damon W. Root
July 21, 2011
Can "progressive originalism" become the Next Big Thing on the legal left?
How should progressives approach the U.S. Constitution? Is it a living document, designed to evolve with the changing times? Or does it have a fixed meaning, one that may sometimes support progressive political outcomes?
Salt Lake Tribune
Lee’s book: Balanced budget amendment key to freedom
By Thomas Burr
July 18, 2011
Washington • Days before the House and Senate are likely to vote on a proposed balanced-budget amendment, freshman Sen. Mike Lee has released a new book focused largely on the need for such a change to the U.S. Constitution.
On July 18, 2011, the Brookings Institution hosted a debate between Constitutional Accountability Center President Doug Kendall and University of Chicago Law Professor Geof Stone on how progressives can take back the Constitution from conservatives. Kendall argued that progressives should root constitutional interpretation in the Constitution's text and history first and foremost.
On July 18, 2011, the Brookings Institution hosted a debate between Constitutional Accountability Center President Doug Kendall and University of Chicago Law Professor Geof Stone on how progressives can take back the Constitution from conservatives. Using conservative, Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey Sutton's recent decision to uphold the health care reform law as evidence, Kendall argued that progressives win in the courts when arguments are based on the Constitution's text and history.
For a group that claims to revere the Constitution, the Tea Party appears pretty determined to deal it a death by a thousand cuts. Its latest attack involves a nasty little piece of constitutional revisionism, complete with a "How can you be against that?" title: the "Balanced Budget Amendment." Putting aside the political questions about whether such a law is wise or practical, it also crashes headlong into the very constitutional principles the Tea Party purports to cherish.
The National Law Journal
Just how pro-business is the Roberts Court?
By Tony Mauro
July 7, 2011
It's become an annual ritual of the Roberts Court era: as soon as the Supreme Court recesses for the summer, the debate resumes over just how pro-business it really is.
Last year's Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision fueled the discussion by crystallizing liberal criticism of the Court as a tribunal that looks for ways to aid the business community.
National Law Journal
Sketching out the term
By Marcia Coyle
July 4, 2011
At high court, big business wins, so does the First Amendment.
The story of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010-11 term can be gleaned from the decisions on its last day: high hurdles for injured persons seeking to hold companies accountable, vigorous protection for speech of most types and the quick emergence of a freshman justice with analytical and writing chops.
U.S. Chamber Watch
Chamber’s Cup Runneth Over in the Courts
Posted by LLevenstein on July 01, 2011
Business, Free Speech Winners In High Court Term
By Nina Totenberg
July 1, 2011
The U.S. Supreme Court term that ended Monday significantly altered the nation's legal topography, making it much more difficult for people to sue big business. At the same time, the court continued its First Amendment march, making clear that at least five justices, and often more, prize the First Amendment guarantee of free speech over other constitutional values.