“The Real Vote Suppression Threat; The Supreme Court weighs whether Electoral College electors can vote their preference for president rather than the choice of their state.”
Linda Greenhouse NYT column.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“James Madison, Citizens United, and the Constitutional Problem of Corruption”
Tony Gaughan has posted this draft on SSRN (American U. L. Rev.). Here is the abstract:
One of the most controversial decisions in the modern history of the Supreme Court is Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. In a 5-4… Continue reading
Lessig on the Faithless Electors Case: “What Rick Hasen is Missing”
Larry at Medium:
It is so rare to be able to write such a headline. But when it is true, given the rightful importance that the Dean of Election Law’s opinion has to so many, it is an important headline… Continue reading
“Arizona Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Uphold Ballot Harvesting Ban, Out of Precinct Policy (READ Petition)”
Over at AZ Law.
Without Noted Dissent, Supreme Court Denies Cert. in 5th Circuit One-Person, One Vote Case Involving Special Purpose Districts
Cert denied in LULAC v. Edwards Aquifer Authority. Here is my earlier coverage.
“Supreme Court Delivers a Blow to Secret Campaign Spending”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs.
“How Will Chief Justice And Supreme Court Conservative Majority Affect 2020 Election?”
Nina Totenberg for NPR’s Morning Edition:
So, it was no surprise when the conservative majority refused to make even a modest accommodation to the pandemic. What was surprising was the tone of the opinion. Critics of the opinion, including some… Continue reading
SCOTUSBlog Running Symposium on Faithless Electors Cases at Supreme Court
You can find it here (Derek Muller and David Post have first two entries.)
“Analysis: Supreme Court’s first opinion related to COVID-19 was anonymous. Here’s why that matters”
Marcia Coyle for PBS.
“What’s behind the fight over Wisconsin’s primary? The Supreme Court’s gerrymandering ruling.”
Guy Charles and Luis Fuentes-Rohwer in The Monkey Cage:
On April 7, thousands of Wisconsin citizens braved a global pandemic to show up at the polls to vote. Some commentators blamed Republicans in the legislature for forcing voters to choose… Continue reading
Sally Field Reads Portions of Justice Ginsburg’s Dissent in Wisconsin Voting Case in Short Video from Brave New Films
Supreme Court Will Hear Oral Argument in Faithless Electors Cases Telephonically in May
Order. And it appears that the oral argument will be livestreamed. This means we should have an opinion by the end of June unless the Court extends the term.
Supreme Court Wrongly Predicted Leaked Vote Totals in Wisconsin Voting Case
A sharp reader emails:
Note the following passage from the Supreme Court’s per curiam opinion in RNC v. DNC:
The unusual nature of the District Court’s order allowing ballots to be mailed and postmarked after election day is perhaps best… Continue reading
The Biggest Problem with the Supreme Court’s Opinion in the Wisconsin Voting Case Was Not the Result (Which Was Still Wrong), But the Court’s Sloppiness and Nonchalance About Voting Rights and What That Means for November
There has been a ton of commentary on the Supreme Court’s split decision in the Wisconsin voting case, which reversed a district court order allowing absentee ballots received by April 13 whether or not they were postmarked by the April… Continue reading