Category Archives: Supreme Court

Breaking: Supreme Court, on 6-3 Vote, Ducks Census Ruling, Holding There is No Standing and Remanding for Further Proceedings; What It Means

December 18, 2020, 7:03 amcensus litigation, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

In an unsigned (per curiam) order over 3 dissents, the Supreme Court has bounced a case back to a lower court that challenged a Trump Administration plan to exclude certain non-citizens from the census count used to apportion seats among… Continue reading

“New Supreme Court filing includes blatantly wrong information about Michigan”

December 17, 2020, 6:37 amfraudulent fraud squad, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Detroit Free Press: A long-shot legal effort relying on conspiracy theories and inaccurate analyses to argue President Donald Trump actually won Michigan included additional blatantly false information in a new filing with the U.S. Supreme Court this week. The… Continue reading

“The Supreme Court May Soon Rule on Donor Privacy”

December 15, 2020, 8:05 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Philanthropy Roundtable: For those following donor-privacy issues, there was an important development in the case known as Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Becerra in mid-December. The current status of this litigation is that the plaintiffs have petitioned the U.S. Supreme… Continue reading

“Texas v. Pennsylvania: What’s The Deal With That? And what to make of the mysterious separate ‘statement’ of Justices Alito and Thomas?”

December 15, 2020, 7:22 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

David Lat blogs on the “sort of” question.

Michigan: “State, company officials dispute report claiming Antrim County tabulators bungled results”

December 14, 2020, 5:02 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Detroit Free Press: State officials are disputing a report on Antrim County’s voting equipment — signed by a consultant who confused Michigan and Minnesota voting districts in an earlier election analysis — that says the county’s equipment “is intentionally and… Continue reading

Breaking: Supreme Court Will Not Hear Kansas Case (Formerly Known as Fish v. Kobach) Striking Down Law Requiring Documentary Proof of Citizenship Before Registering to Vote

December 14, 2020, 6:34 amfraudulent fraud squad, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

This is great news. No noted, dissents, and Justice Gorsuch did not participate (perhaps he dealt with the case earlier on the 10th Circuit). In my book Election Meltdown, I talked about how the trial in the case was… Continue reading

“Liberals Were Right to Fear the Supreme Court’s Election Intervention”

December 13, 2020, 5:02 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Jay Willis in The Atlantic.

Ned Foley: “Is Texas v. Pennsylvania an obituary for Bush v. Gore?”

December 12, 2020, 4:12 pmBush v. Gore reflections, Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The following is a guest post by Ned Foley, on the 20th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Bush v. Gore: On the evening before the twentieth anniversary of Bush v. Gore, one of the most infamous Supreme Court… Continue reading

“Deciphering, rewriting, and potentially retitling Justice Alito’s separate statement in Texas v. Pennsylvania”

December 12, 2020, 3:27 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Howard Bashman: Thanks to everyone who has taken time to respond to my tweet from last night seeking views on whether yesterday evening’s U.S. Supreme Court order was unanimous in rejecting Texas’ effort to overturn the outcome of the 2020… Continue reading

Breaking: Supreme Court, Sort of Unanimously, Rejects Texas’s Case, Ending Ridiculous, But Also Dangerous, Litigation. What’s Next?

December 11, 2020, 3:53 pmElection Meltdown, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The Supreme Court dismissed Texas’s bill of complaint in the latest high-profile case pushed by Trump allies in an attempt to overturn the results of the election. The Court did not issue an accompanying opinion. [Addendum: The court did say… Continue reading

Must-Read from Tom Goldstein: “Don’t just deny Texas’ original action. Decimate it.”

December 11, 2020, 11:10 amElection Meltdown, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Tom Goldstein at SCOTUSblog: Texas’ attempt to bring an original action challenging the election results in four states is not a serious legal claim in a legitimate procedural posture, for reasons that many people have already given and that I… Continue reading

“In Blistering Retort, 4 Battleground States Tell Texas to Butt Out of Election”

December 10, 2020, 8:57 pmfraudulent fraud squad, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

NYT: In blistering language denouncing Republican efforts to subvert the election, the attorneys general for Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to reject a lawsuit that seeks to overturn the victories in those states by… Continue reading

“With time running out, Trump and GOP allies turn up pressure on Supreme Court in election assault”

December 10, 2020, 8:39 pmfraudulent fraud squad, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

WaPo: With his legal options dwindling and time running out before a key electoral college deadline, President Trump on Thursday ramped up pressure on the Supreme Court to help overturn Joe Biden’s victory, gaining the support of more than 100… Continue reading

“More than half of House Republicans support Texas lawsuit challenging election results”

December 10, 2020, 8:36 pmfraudulent fraud squad, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

WaPo: A majority of House Republicans have signed onto an amicus brief in a Texas lawsuit seeking unprecedented judicial intervention in disallowing millions of votes and the election results from four key swing states that went for President-elect Joe Biden.Rep.… Continue reading

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