Category Archives: Supreme Court

“Justice Neil Gorsuch offers early clues to Supreme Court tenure”

June 15, 2017, 8:05 amcampaign finance, Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Richard Wolf for USA Today: More signs of his emerging role came in May, when Gorsuch sided with Justice Clarence Thomas in urging the court to consider whether to lift a ban on unlimited federal election spending by political parties.… Continue reading

NC Gov. Cooper Says NC General Assembly May Drag Out Passing New Redistricting Plan that is Unconstitutional

June 15, 2017, 7:54 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

WFAE: Cooper: It’s pretty rare when the United States Supreme Court issues a 9-0 decision on such a controversial issue as redistricting. But it’s clear that these racially gerrymandered districts are unconstitutional. I don’t think we should have another budget… Continue reading

Supreme Court Could Agree to Hear WI Partisan Gerrymandering, Voting Rights Cases as Early as Monday

June 14, 2017, 11:49 amredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

John Elwood for SCOTUSBlog’s “Relist Watch:” his week we have five new relists, taxing even my prodigious ability to string transitions between questions presented. For people who have been watching the recent North Carolina election cases like Harris v. Cooper… Continue reading

“Trump Campaign Statements Protected in Travel Ban Case, Group Says”

June 14, 2017, 10:39 amcampaign finance, campaigns, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA: Relying on statements President Donald Trump made during his campaign to argue against his proposed immigration restrictions could chill free speech in campaigns, posing “an unacceptable risk to First Amendment interests,” according to a new brief filed with… Continue reading

“Resurrection: Cooper v. Harris and the Transformation of Racial Gerrymandering into a Voting Rights Tool”

June 14, 2017, 7:48 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, ACS Supreme Court Review). Here is the abstract: The United States Supreme Court, like the Lord, sometimes works in mysterious ways. Back in the 1990s, a group of conservative activists convinced a… Continue reading

No #SCOTUS Action in Wisconsin Partisan Gerrymandering Case Today

June 12, 2017, 6:35 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Orders list. Tune in next week to see if the Court grants a hearing in the case for next term (as I’m expecting).

“Supreme Court could tackle partisan gerrymandering in watershed case”

June 11, 2017, 8:03 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Bob Barnes for WaPo: The Supreme Court could announce as soon as Monday that it is either affirming or reversing the lower court’s decision, or, more likely, accepting the case for full briefing and arguments in the term that begins… Continue reading

Breaking: 3-Judge Court in NC Racial Gerrymandering Case Wants Briefing on Whether to Order Special Election, Etc.

June 9, 2017, 2:35 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The three judge court is acting even before the official mandate from the Supreme Court. Among other things, the court wants to know who speaks for North Carolina. A very good question.

“NC House, Senate cancel Cooper’s call for redistricting special session, calling it ‘unconstitutional’”

June 8, 2017, 9:27 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The News & Observer reports.

New Complications in NC Partisan Gerrymandering Case

June 6, 2017, 10:06 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Fascinating Lyle Denniston post: Both sides in a new Supreme Court test case on partisan gerrymandering – drawing new election districts to favor one party – on Tuesday answered the Justices’ questions about whether the case should stay alive,… Continue reading

Revised Version of My Race or Party Paper Now Posted

June 6, 2017, 4:18 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have now posted a revised version of “Essay: Race or Party, Race as Party, or Party All the Time: Three Uneasy Approaches to Conjoined Polarization in Redistricting and Voting Cases” (forthcoming William and Mary Law Review symposium… Continue reading

“Justices Act on Voting Rights and Cellphone Privacy”

June 5, 2017, 8:41 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Adam Liptak for the NYT: The Supreme Court dealt North Carolina a setback on Monday in a voting rights case for the third time in recent weeks, affirming a decision that struck down many state legislative districts for relying too… Continue reading