This is also worth highlighting from today’s dueling opinions. Justice Kavanaugh: For important reasons, most States, including Wisconsin, require absentee ballots to be received by election day, not just mailed by election day. Those States want to avoid the… Continue reading

New Sidebar NYT column from Adam Liptak: At least nine times since April, the Supreme Court has issued rulings in election disputes. Or perhaps “rulings” is too generous a word for those unsigned orders, which addressed matters as consequential as… Continue reading

Over the weekend, I posted Understanding the Pennsylvania GOP Hail Mary Fighting the Extended Deadline for Receipt of Mailed Ballots, and the Awful Pressure that the GOP’s Petition Could Put on Soon-to-Be Justice Barrett. which begins: The Pennsylvania GOP … Continue reading

Jost on Justice.

Pete Williams for NBC News: Republicans in the presidential battleground state of North Carolina asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to block lower court rulings that allowed six extra days to accept ballots sent by mail.The Trump campaign, the state… Continue reading

This is the best article with deep historical context connecting the debate over the size of the Supreme Court with the Supreme Court’s increasing tolerance for measures making it harder for people to register and vote. Read it.

You can find the order and dissent here. I am not at all surprised by this ruling, even though I agree 100% with Justice Sotomayor’s disssent. If you look at the two main statements of the Court in these… Continue reading

Ariane de Vogue for CNN: As emergency petitions concerning voting rights challenges have raced through the courts in the final weeks of the election, judges and justices have found themselves trying to explain a legal doctrine that was designed to… Continue reading