Now Senator Flake Supports Confirming J. Garland in Lame Duck
More cracks in the wall.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“Michigan Begs Supreme Court to Reinstate Ban on ‘Straight-Ticket’ Voting”
Cristian Farias for HuffPo.
Michigan Asks for Emergency #SCOTUS Relief in Straight-Ticket Voting Case
Yesterday I reported that Michigan lost a bid for en banc review of a stay a trial court order stopping Michigan from getting rid of straight-ticket (party lever) voting, on grounds that doing so would be a Voting Rights Act… Continue reading
Justice Kagan Asks for OH to Respond to “Golden Week” Emergency Petition
Response due Thursday, Sept. 8.
See my earlier coverage and thoughts on this case.
Democrats Seek Emergency #SCOTUS Relief in Ohio “Golden Week” Case
As expected, Ohio Democrats have filed an emergency request for relief in the Golden Week case.
I’ve predicted the stay will be denied. I’m guessing there will be at most 2 noted dissents (Sotomayor and Ginsburg).
But I thought… Continue reading
Why Did Paul Clement Craft His NC Voting Brief as If Scalia Was Still Alive? A Theory
I had been puzzling over Paul Clement’s brief in the North Carolina voting case. (And I wasn’t the only one.) Former Solicitor General Clement is one of the ablest Supreme Court lawyers around, and yet the brief was written… Continue reading
“Schimel Switches Strategy on John Doe”
Bruce Thompson writes.
“Analysis: Voting Rights Hang in the Balance This November”
Zack Roth for NBC News.
Guy Charles on the NC Voting Decision
Guy at Colored Demos:
Second, the fact that the conservative justices would have granted the stay (Justice Thomas in toto, the others everything but the preregistration), tells us a lot about the strength of the application for stay by petitioners… Continue reading
“Election Reform Groups Urge Justices to Tackle Partisan Gerrymanders”
NLJ’s Marcia Coyle for the Supreme Court Brief:
The lawyers in all three cases have been in close coordination, said Mayer Brown’s Kimberly. If a decision is announced in the Wisconsin case by mid-September, he said, there will sufficient… Continue reading
NC Voting #SCOTUS Deadlock Roundup
Ed Blum on the Future of Voting Rights after Scalia
Part of the SCOTUSBlog symposium on the Court after Scalia.
Ed is the guy behind the Shelby County and the Evenwel cases.
You can find my take on the question here in the SCOTUSBlog symposium.
“The Court After Scalia: Standing at the Crossroads on Voting Rights”
SCOTUSBlog has a new symposium over the next few weeks on how the Court may change after Justice Scalia is (eventually) replaced on the Court. And I kick it off with a post on Scalia and voting rights.… Continue reading
Right on Time: Sen. Grassley Starts to Cave on Garland #SCOTUS Confirmation in Lame Duck
I’ve long said I expect Judge Garland to be confirmed in lame duck, if, as expected, Clinton wins the presidency and Democrats narrowly take over the Senate. The bet would be that Garland is both older and more moderate than… Continue reading