Category Archives: Supreme Court
“Race or Party, Party as Race, or Party All the Time: Three Uneasy Approaches to Conjoined Polarization In Redistricting and Voting Cases”
I have posted this draft on SSRN, for the forthcoming symposium on Redistricting after 2020 at William and Mary. I think this piece brings together a lot of my thinking (and others’ thinking) on the “race or party” question… Continue reading
SCOTUSBlog Petition of the Day: Public Integrity Alliance, Inc. v. City of Tucson
Fascinating voting question that the Court could well decide to hear.
“Neil Gorsuch Understands Campaign Finance – And That’s The Problem”
Judge Gorsuch Likely to Join SCOTUS in April, Hearing Full Cases in October, Barring Filibuster/Nuclear Option
So reports Roll Call.
“The Supreme Court Confirmation Argument, and Limits”
Judge Gorsuch on Election Law Cases
Analyses by the Campaign Legal Center and Center for Competitive Politics.
I’ll be posting more of my own views later down the line.
WI Republican Legislature Bringing in Paul Clement to Defend Partisan Gerrymandering at SCOTUS at Taxpayer Expense
Patrick Marley reports (noting Clement’s going rate is $1,300 per hour at taxpayer expense).
“Cooper not tipping hand on whether he’ll withdraw NC voter ID appeal”
WRAL:
In a blog post and a Slate Magazine column Thursday, election law expert Richard Hasen suggests Gov. Roy Cooper could score a victory for opponents of North Carolina’s voter ID law by scuttling the state’s appeal of a 4th … Continue reading
“There’s a Simple Step North Carolina’s New Governor Could Take to Strengthen Voting Rights; But he’d better move fast.”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
The future of voting rights in the medium to long term is not rosy. President Donald Trump is making false claims that millions of voters fraudulently cast ballots in the 2016… Continue reading
“Senate Democrats In Political Quagmire Over Supreme Court Nomination”
Nina Totenberg on NPR’s Morning Edition talked to Ron Klain, Neal Katyal, and me about whether Democrats can and should try to filibuster Judge Gorsuch.
“We have a standard for judging partisan gerrymandering. The Supreme Court should use it.”
McGann, Smith, Latner, and Keena for The Monkey Cage:
In our book, we show that the partisan symmetry standard can be logically derived from the equal treatment of individual voters, based on recent results in social choice theory. In… Continue reading