Supreme Court Will Hear Oral Argument in Major Campaign Finance Case, NRSC, December 9
December argument calendar is out.
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Watch Archived Video of Safeguarding Democracy Project Webinar: “Redistricting and Re-Redistricting Controversies and the 2026 Elections”
You can watch the conversation with Guy Charles, Moon Duchin, Michael Li, and Nick Stephanopoulos (moderated by me) here:
I Spoke with Madeline Brand of KCRW’s Press Play About the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Case and California’s Proposition 50
You can listen here (it’s the first story in the episode).
Watch My Hammer Museum Interview with Professor Leah Litman About Her New Supreme Court Book, “Lawless”
You can watch here.
Janai Nelson (Who Argued Callais) and I Were on MSNBC Talking About the Supreme Court and the Voting Rights Act (Link to Video)
Read the Transcript in Today’s Oral Argument in the Louisiana v. Callais Voting Rights Case Before the Supreme Court
You can find it here.
Early Signs from Oral Argument in Callais Suggest that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is in Real Trouble
As I explained back in August, the Supreme Court reached and and in the most opaque way on a late Friday afternoon in mid-summer, the Court turned a ho-hum racial gerrymandering case where the court had to determine whether race… Continue reading
Kerrel Murray: False Conflict: Colorblindness and Section Two of the Voting Rights Act
The following is a guest post from Kerrel Murray:
Just in time for this week’s reargument of Louisiana v. Callais, I’ve posted to SSRN a draft of my latest Article, False Conflict: Colorblindness and Section Two of the Voting … Continue reading
“Congress is losing its grip on the power to spend Americans’ money”
WaPo:
There are really three political parties in Washington, according to an old saying: Democrats, Republicans and appropriators.
The latter aremembers of Congress lucky enough to get placed on the powerful committees that dole out roughly $1.6 trillion in federal… Continue reading
Watch Archived Video of My Keynote Address at the University of Oregon, “The Past, Present, and Future of the Voting Rights Act at the Supreme Court”
I was pleased to be part of the O’Connell conference at the University of Oregon School of Law in September. Here is video of my keynote address:
How I Expect the Supreme Court to Kill Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Callais (If It Does So): Not By Direct Overruling but By Pretending They Are Simply Reinterpreting the Meaning of Section 2
I’ve written of good reason to believe the Supreme Court is going to sap Section 2 of its power in the Louisiana v. Callais case, being argued on Wednesday. I won’t rehash those arguments here. Instead I want to ask… Continue reading
An Adverse Ruling Against Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in the Callais Case Could Also Doom State Voting Rights Acts
I have written about the dangers of the Court killing off or significantly weakening Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, via the surprise reargument in the Louisiana v. Callais case. If the Court rules Section 2 unconstitutional because it… Continue reading
“California voters could see faster election results under new state law”
Cal Matters:
California’s famously slow vote-counting process could see slight improvements next year after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that gives counties an earlier deadline to tally voters’ ballots.
The law, Assembly Bill 5, requires county election offices… Continue reading
“Who Are the Louisiana Voters Behind a Major Supreme Court Challenge?”
Abbie Van Sickle for the NYT:
One woman made national news when she protested the Covid-19 vaccine at her local City Council. Another is a member of the Trumpettes, a group of women united in their ardent support for the… Continue reading