All posts by Rick Hasen

North Dakota Legislative Council’s Bizarre Understanding of Redistricting Ruling May Have Led to Justice Kavanaugh’s Administrative Stay in Eighth Amendment Voting Rights Act (Private Right of Action) Case

Voting Rights Act
As I noted a few days ago, Justice Kavanaugh put on hold via an administrative stay an Eighth Circuit case concerning whether private plaintiffs have the right to sue to enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The answer… Continue reading

Second Circuit Unanimously Reverses Conviction in Mackey (“Ricky Vaughn”) Case, Finding Insufficient Evidence of a Conspiracy to Deprive People of Their Right to Vote By Tricking Them into Voting By Text

cheap speech
You can find the court’s opinion at this link. The sole basis for the reversal was lack of sufficient evidence that defendant Mackey had conspired with others to deprive people of their right to vote. The Court did not address… Continue reading

Trump Administration Wants to Enter into a Consent Decree that Would Allow Churches and Other Religious Organizations to Get More Directly Involved in Electoral Politics Despite the “Johnson Amendment”

campaign finance, tax law and election law
In the lawsuit raising constitutional objections to limits on religious nonprofits being involved in endorsing candidates and doing other election related activities, a proposed joint consent decree, in which plaintiffs and the federal government would agree to what would… Continue reading