Category Archives: Supreme Court

Supreme Court Could Announce Monday Whether It is Taking Up McCain-Feingold Soft Money Case

May 21, 2017, 9:50 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

It was listed for last Thursday’s conference. I suspect that it will be at least one more conference before we get an announcement. As noted when the Trump Administration surprisingly supported the constitutionality of the soft money rules, I still… Continue reading

“The GOP is running its anti-abortion playbook against voting rights — and it’s working”

May 19, 2017, 9:05 pmSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ian Millhiser for Think Progress.

Talking Voting Rights after Shelby County, Especially NC Cert Denial, in Daily Journal Podcast

May 19, 2017, 9:38 amSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Listen.

Michael Malbin Reviews Mutch, La Raja and Schaffner, and Hasen Books on Campaign Finance after Citizens United

May 18, 2017, 7:23 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Thoughtful Michael Malbin book review essay in Tulsa Law Review‘s book review issue.

Bauer on Supreme Court Cert. Denial of Hawaii Open Primary Case

May 17, 2017, 7:43 ampolitical parties, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here.

“U.S. For Voting Rights Advocates, Court Decision Is ‘Temporary Victory’”

May 16, 2017, 7:18 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Michael Wines in the NYT: It seemed like an important victory for voting rights advocates on Monday when the Supreme Court declined to reconsider an appellate decision striking down North Carolina’s restrictive voting law. But those who follow the arcana… Continue reading

“New Report: Extreme Partisan Maps Account for 16-17 Republican Seats in Congress”

May 16, 2017, 7:15 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Release: The 2018 midterms will be fiercely fought, with a focus on control of the U.S. House after years of Republican dominance. At the same time, the U.S. Supreme Court will likely hear a challenge to partisan gerrymandering in Gill… Continue reading

“Supreme Court order unlikely to deter voting restrictions”

May 16, 2017, 7:06 amSupreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Mark Sherman for the AP: The Supreme Court’s refusal to breathe new life into North Carolina’s sweeping voter identification law might be just a temporary victory for civil rights groups. Republican-led states are continuing to enact new voter ID measures… Continue reading

The Texas Redistricting Cases are Likely the Next Big Voting Cases to Come to the Supreme Court

May 15, 2017, 3:14 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

With the North Carolina voting case gone, I’ve seen some suggestions that the Texas voter id case is the next big voting rights case to make it to SCOTUS. I don’t think that’s right. That case won’t be decided… Continue reading

Why Did the Chief Justice Write Separately in North Carolina and Texas Voting Cases?

May 15, 2017, 3:08 pmSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Today Chief Justice Roberts wrote separately in connection with the Supreme Court decision not to hear the North Carolina voting case, underlining the procedural irregularities of the case and noting it was not a decision on the merits. The Chief… Continue reading

“Despite today’s Supreme Court ruling, the future looks grim for voting rights”

May 15, 2017, 2:39 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Paul Waldman: And I promise you that if the Supreme Court upholds the Texas law, we’ll see just what we saw after the court took a knife to the Voting Rights Act: a rush to enact new restrictions in time… Continue reading

“When Does Political Gerrymandering Cross a Constitutional Line?”

May 15, 2017, 9:54 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

New Adam Liptak NYT Sidebar column: The Supreme Court has never struck down an election map on the ground that it was drawn to make sure one political party would win an outsize number of seats. But it has… Continue reading

Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court Denies Cert. in North Carolina Voting Case; Chief Justice Issues Statement

May 15, 2017, 6:34 amelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Today the Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to a Fourth Circuit decision holding that a North Carolina voting law (one I’ve called the strictest set of voting rules rolled into one law passed since at least the passage… Continue reading

“Is the Supreme Court about to give state and local political parties a boost?”

May 11, 2017, 7:59 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Brad Smith in Wash. Examiner: Hardest hit are state and local parties. As part of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance “reform” of 2002, virtually everything these local parties do was brought into the web of federal regulation, and their sources of… Continue reading