Guy Charles Primary ELB Blogger Next Week
Thanks to Derek for his excellent work next week. Beginning Monday, direct any tips and queries to Guy.
All posts by Rick Hasen
Federal Court Rejects Argument by Pro-DeSantis Super PAC That It Can Give Its Contact List to DeSantis for Free without Violating Contribution Limits
This decision seems a sound and straightforward result. But of course the FEC could not agree.
California Supreme Court Won’t Hear Oral Argument in Santa Monica Case over California Voting Rights Act until at Least September
So this prediction was premature.
The June oral argument calendar is out and the case is not on it. The court does not hold oral argument in July or August.
Stay tuned.
ELB Book Corner: Steve Vladeck: “How the Shadow Docket Came Full Circle in the 2022 Redistricting Cases”
I am pleased to welcome to ELB Book Corner Steve Vladeck, author of the new book, The Shadow Docket. Here is the last of three posts:
After introducing Purcell and how the Court used it inconsistently in the… Continue reading
Cleta Mitchell’s Fear of Democracy
The New York Times reported last week on an under-the-radar effort pushed by a bunch of Republican-backed dark money groups to enact new voting restrictions in time for the 2024 elections. As the group Documented has shown, in the center… Continue reading
ELB Book Corner: Steve Vladeck: “Purcell and the Partisan Valence of the Supreme Court’s 2020 Election Cases”
I am pleased to welcome to ELB Book Corner Steve Vladeck, author of the new book, The Shadow Docket. Here is the second of three posts:
Yesterday’s post introduced the discussion of election cases in my new book… Continue reading
“What the Courts Would Do if the Succession Fire Played Out in Real Life”
I have written this piece for Slate (major spoilers!). It begins:
As election nightmares go, Sunday night’s episode of the HBO series Succession, “America Decides,” was a doozy. It was the most uncomfortable hour of scripted television I have ever… Continue reading
ELB Book Corner: Steve Vladeck: “The Most Troubling Side of the Shadow Docket”
I am pleased to welcome to ELB Book Corner Steve Vladeck, author of the new book, The Shadow Docket. Here is the first of three posts:
The subtitle of my new book on the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket,”… Continue reading
Derek Muller Blogging Next Week
Direct your tips and queries to him.
Thanks for the excellent blogging from Justin last week and Tabatha this week!
“Supreme Court overturns public-corruption conviction of Cuomo aide”
WaPo:
The Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the 2018 conviction of a former aide to New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D), once again expressing skepticism of the ways federal prosecutors combat public corruption and influence peddling.
The justices took… Continue reading
United States Files Letter in Supreme Court Saying that Moore v. Harper Should Be Dismissed as Moot (This is the “Independent State Legislature” Case)
Brief for United States.
Update:
Common Cause takes the position the case is not moot and the Supreme Court can still decide it. It adds: “Although the Court has pending before it another petition for certiorari raising a similar question… Continue reading
Coming Feb. 2024: My New Book: “A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy”
Very excited to be working with Princeton University Press on this new book. More to come!
DOJ Indictment of George Santos Alleges Campaign Finance Fraud, Conversion of Campaign Funds to Personal Use
Pretty blatant violations of the law if they can be proven. [The headline has been corrected.]
Justice Souter Fought to Avoid Applying “Exacting Scrutiny” to Contribution Limits in McConnell Case
Jimmy Hoover for the National Law Journal, examining the Stevens papers:
Among the many insights from Stevens’ papers are the once-private internal court memos in which justices offer suggestions or critiques of each other’s draft opinions in particular cases.
The… Continue reading