Category Archives: Supreme Court

“The 2020 election still hovers over the Supreme Court with another pending Pennsylvania case”

April 18, 2021, 7:47 pmlegislation and legislatures, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Ariane de Vogue for CNN: Five months after the presidential election and nearly 100 days into President Joe Biden‘s term, the Supreme Court is still considering whether to take up a case related to voting rights in the battleground… Continue reading

Some Thoughts on the Deliberate Mildness of Biden’s Supreme Court Commission

April 12, 2021, 7:08 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

A discussion on Twitter with Jamal Greene. (Note that the post below about joining the Commission is from Rick Pildes—there has been some confusion.)

“Supreme Court’s Bridgegate Ruling Casts Shadow on Federal Fraud Cases”

April 12, 2021, 7:05 ambribery, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

WSJ: A Supreme Court decision that threw out the fraud convictions of two political aides to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is rippling through other white-collar cases, possibly buttressing appeals by other defendants who say federal prosecutors have become… Continue reading

“Trump-era grievances could get second life at Supreme Court”

April 8, 2021, 7:36 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

John Kruzel for The Hill: The Supreme Court’s most conservative justices are signaling an interest in issues closely associated with former President Trump, from rules on social media platforms to how elections are governed. Justice Clarence Thomas this week… Continue reading

“Court fight against Georgia voting overhaul no sure thing”

March 28, 2021, 4:12 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Mark Sherman for AP: Richard Hasen, an election law expert at the University of California at Irvine law school, said the outcome is hard to predict. “Many of the things that the bill does are in line with what other… Continue reading

“How the Supreme Court laid the path for Georgia’s new election law”

March 28, 2021, 4:07 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Joan Biskupic for CNN: Georgia’s voter restrictions were dashed into law Thursday by Republicans shaken over recent election losses and lies about fraud from former President Donald Trump, yet the measures also developed against a backdrop of US Supreme Court… Continue reading

Supreme Court Will Hear Major Case on Disclosure of Donors to Nonprofits on April 26

March 13, 2021, 7:14 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

SCOTUSBlog on the argument calendar: Americans for Prosperity v. Becerra and Thomas More Law Center v. Becerra (consolidated for one hour of oral argument on April 26): Whether a California policy that requires charities to disclose the names and addresses… Continue reading

Supreme Court, Without Comment, Rejects Final Trump Election Cert. Petition

March 8, 2021, 6:35 amfraudulent fraud squad, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Order list.

“The Supreme Court Might Kill Voting Rights—Quietly”

March 7, 2021, 3:26 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

David Gans for The Atlantic

“Supreme Court Case Could Limit Options to Fight Republican Voting Restrictions”

March 3, 2021, 11:07 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

NYT reports.

Thoughts on Brnovich Oral Argument: Few Surprises, and Voting Rights Plaintiffs Are Likely to Lose (But Exactly How Remains Unclear)

March 2, 2021, 9:16 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I just finished listening to the two-hour argument in the Brnovich voting rights case. For background on what’s at stake and where I think things are, see this SCOTUSBlog post. Oral argument went as I expected. There was little… Continue reading

“High Noon For The Future Of The Voting Rights Act At The Supreme Court”

March 2, 2021, 6:06 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Nina Totenberg for NPR: The potential to render the Voting Rights Act nearly a dead letterIn fact, 33 states have “introduced, refiled, or carried over more than 165 restrictive laws this year,” says Myrna Pérez, director of the Voting Rights… Continue reading

Travis Crum: “Rethinking the Race or Party Question in Brnovich”

March 1, 2021, 3:11 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here is a guest post from Travis Crum of Wash U: The Supreme Court will soon hear oral argument in Brnovich v. DNC, a major voting rights case. As relevant here, the case concerns an Arizona ballot-collection law that… Continue reading