“A Surprise Win for Campaign Contribution Limits”
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Category Archives: Supreme Court
“Supreme Court Affirms Ban on ‘Soft Money’ in Campaigns”
Kate Ackley for Roll Call:
Sarbanes and outside advocates of new restrictions on political money said they were dismayed that Gorsuch, along with conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, went out of his way to say he wanted the court to hear… Continue reading
Bauer on the Supreme Court’s Summary Affirmance in the McCain-Feingold Soft Money Case
Bob:
The Wild West in campaign finance, with the regulatory process in disarray, has caused all manner of distress among critics of the role of money in politics. But they could be comforted, finding some measure of compensation in a… Continue reading
“The Supreme Court may just have given voting rights activists a powerful new tool”
I have written this oped for the Washington Post. It begins:
Sometimes the most important stuff in Supreme Court opinions is hidden in the footnotes. In Monday’s Supreme Court ruling striking down two North Carolina congressional districts as unconstitutionally influenced… Continue reading
Another Explanation for Justice Thomas’s Joining of Racial Gerrymandering Majority Opinion
I’ve already opined on what might have motivated Justice Thomas (and Justice Kennedy) so side how they did today.
An ELB reader passes along these additional thoughts about Justice Thomas and what comes next:
I’ve always been struck by Justice… Continue reading
How Appealing Rounds Up Coverage So Far of #SCOTUS Election Law Action Monday
North Carolina racial gerrymandering case
Summary affirmance in soft money case.
The soft money case would have gotten much more attention had it not been crowded out by the important NC case (not to mention all the other news these… Continue reading
“North Carolina Is Once Again Found Guilty of Discriminating Against Black Voters”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
“Supreme Court Upholds Rejection Of North Carolina Congressional Districts”
Nina Totenberg reports for NPR.
We May Soon Get a Hint on What the Supreme Court Thinks of Wisconsin Partisan Gerrymandering Case
Via the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, comes this stay application in the Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering case (Gill v. Whitford). The state wants the Supreme Court to put on hold a requirement that Wisconsin state legislative districts by November 1.
The Supreme… Continue reading
Justice Kagan Gained Justice Thomas in NC Racial Gerrymandering Case; How Did She Lose Justice Kennedy?
I’ve noted how interesting and mysterious it is that Justice Thomas signed onto Justice Kagan’s opinion in today’s racial gerrymandering case. Given Justice Thomas’s views on Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and his view of the clearly erroneous… Continue reading
Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court on 5-3 Vote Affirms NC Racial Gerrymandering Case, with Thomas in Majority and Roberts in Dissent
The Supreme Court has issued this 5-3 opinion in Cooper v. Harris. Justice Kagan wrote the opinion for the Court, with Justice Thomas making the fifth vote for affirmance. Chief Justice Robert and Justices Alito and Kennedy dissented. That is… Continue reading
Breaking: #SCOTUS Declines Soft Money Case; Thomas and Gorsuch Would Vote to Hear
Today’s order list contains this summary disposition:
16-865 REPUBLICAN PARTY OF LA, ET AL. V. FEC The judgment is affirmed. Justice Thomas and Justice Gorsuch would note probable jurisdiction and set the case for oral argument.
This is a surprise… Continue reading
“Despite high court’s decision on N.C. voting law, activists worry about chief justice”
Bob Barnes for WaPo:
The big win for voting rights activists at the Supreme Court last week came with an equally big asterisk, and provided new reason for jittery liberals and civil rights groups to continue to fret about Chief… Continue reading
“Status Check: Where Voting Rights Cases Stand With The Supreme Court”
NPR Weekend Edition:
The high Court decided not to hear a case on North Carolina’s restrictive voting law. But other cases are moving forward. NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Richard Hasen, law professor at UC Irvine.