Category Archives: Supreme Court

“The Supreme Court’s Latest Voting Rights Opinion Is Even Worse Than It Seems”

July 8, 2021, 7:30 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: It’s been almost a week since the Supreme Court issued its most significant ruling on voting rights in nearly a decade, and each time I read Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion… Continue reading

FEC Appeal to SCOTUS in Ted Cruz Case

July 8, 2021, 4:06 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtDan Tokaji

The jurisdictional statement in FEC v. Cruz, involving the limit on post-election contributions to repay candidates’ loans to their own campaigns, is here.

More of the Brnovich Symposium on SCOTUSblog

July 7, 2021, 9:00 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Contributions from David Gans and Hans von Spakovsky are now posted.

“Samuel Alito’s Boundless Contempt for Democracy”

July 7, 2021, 6:27 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Matt Ford in TNR: “In a nihilistic ruling by Justice Samuel Alito, the six-justice conservative majority did not so much interpret Section 2 as they rewrote it and gave future litigants a roadmap to circumvent what was left. The… Continue reading

“Did the Supreme Court Just Kill the Voting Rights Act?”

July 6, 2021, 10:21 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

The NYT summarizes perspectives on Brnovich.

“How Convenient Should Voting Be? Court Ruling Leaves No Clear Answer”

July 6, 2021, 9:59 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Nate Cohn’s analysis of Brnovich: What kind of restrictions on voting violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act? …The court’s decision didn’t offer a clear answer. Instead, it offered “guideposts” to illustrate why the Arizona law passed muster, without… Continue reading

SCOTUSblog Symposium on Brnovich

July 6, 2021, 1:45 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Here, with contributions from Ciara Torres-Spelliscy and Derek Muller so far.

Watch Archived Video of UCI Law 11th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review

July 6, 2021, 12:59 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

You can watch here, with Emily Bazelon, Erwin Chemerinsky, Stephen Lee, Melissa Murray, and Paul Clement (I am the moderator):

Tune In Today: UCI Law’s 11th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review

July 6, 2021, 7:21 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Watch here! 11th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review sponsored by LawWorks and TorkLaw Tuesday, July 6 at 10:00am to 12:00pm Virtual Event This exciting and entertaining annual program reviews the Supreme Court’s key cases decided in the most recent term, with an… Continue reading

“The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Have Laid the Groundwork for the Devastation to Come”

July 6, 2021, 3:43 amcampaign finance, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActDan Tokaji

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern on Slate: Until about a week ago, we heard a lot of media stories of a confounding and unpredictable court, with improbable lineups and unlikely bedfellows. And sure, there has been a lot… Continue reading

“The Supreme Court’s Conservative Supermajority Is Just Beginning To Flex Its Muscles”

July 5, 2021, 4:48 amSupreme CourtDan Tokaji

538 reports on the just completed term: [I]t’s important not to confuse disagreement among the conservative justices — which evidently exists — with disagreement over the direction the court is moving….Additionally, one caveat of the data we’ve looked at is… Continue reading

“US Supreme Court ruling cites outdated Arizona law on early ballots”

July 4, 2021, 6:16 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Tuscon.com: A new ruling upholding Arizona election laws comes as state lawmakers just changed one of the reasons the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to leave those statutes in place.In concluding the ban on ballot harvesting does not violate the Voting… Continue reading

Doug Spencer: “Voting Rights Contortion in Brnovich”

July 4, 2021, 6:12 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Doug Spencer: Last Thursday’s decision in Brnovich v. DNC exposed the skill of the Supreme Court’s conservative Justices to twist and bend the law in ways that were never intended. The Roberts… Continue reading

“Proving Racist Intent: Democrats Face High New Bar in Opposing Voting Laws”

July 3, 2021, 6:55 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

NYT: The 6-to-3 decision by the Supreme Court on Thursday that upheld voting restrictions in Arizona has effectively left voting rights advocates with a higher bar for bringing federal cases under the Voting Rights Act: proving discriminatory intent.That burden is… Continue reading