Category Archives: Supreme Court

“A partisan battle in an overreach of a case”: Minority voters are caught between the political parties at the Supreme Court, with the Voting Rights Act hanging in the balance (My SCOTUSBlog Preview of Brnovich)

February 22, 2021, 8:02 ampolitical parties, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have written this analysis for SCOTUSBlog. It begins: Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee is a strange voting rights case. Rather than the typical case, in which a voting rights group representing minority voters sues a state or locality for… Continue reading

Biden Administration Reverses Position Before Supreme Court in Arizona Voting Rights Act Case (Brnovich), But Does Not Say Plaintiffs Should Win

February 16, 2021, 5:05 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

From the letter: The Department has now concluded that, although it does not disagree with the conclusion in that brief that neither Arizona measure violates Section 2’s results test, the Department does not adhere to the framework for application… Continue reading

“The Illiberalization of American Election Law: A Study in Democratic Deconsolidation”

January 29, 2021, 11:45 amElection Meltdown, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Very much looking forward to reading this from Jim Gardner: For many years, the dominant view among American election law scholars has been that the Supreme Court’s constitutional jurisprudence of democratic practice got off to a promising start during the… Continue reading

“Supreme Court won’t fast-track Trump challenges to election results”

January 11, 2021, 8:03 amfraudulent fraud squad, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

WaPo: As expected, the Supreme Court refused Monday to fast-track a batch of challenges to the presidential election filed by President Trump and his allies.The rejections came without comment or noted dissent, and were formal notifications of what already… Continue reading

Breaking: Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case About Disclosure of Funders to Certain Nonprofit Organizations, With Implications That Could Lead Courts to Strike Some Campaign Finance Disclosure Laws

January 8, 2021, 3:48 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The Court’s order list is here. Here’s an earlier explanation from the 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… Continue reading

Trump Campaign Files Yet Another Quixotic Supreme Court Petition Seeking to Overturn Election Results from Wisconsin, Misspelling “Laches”

December 31, 2020, 7:13 amfraudulent fraud squad, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Can’t make this stuff up: ⚖️NEW: For the second time in two days, Trump files a SCOTUS petition re: Biden's win in WISCONSIN. Trump campaign notes that the suit's dismissal in federal appeals court was not based on the… Continue reading

Pennsylvania, Opposing Trump Effort to Expedite Consideration of One of Its Bonkers Election Challenges, Calls Argument About Trump’s Delay “Profoundly Incoherent”

December 31, 2020, 7:11 amfraudulent fraud squad, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The opposition also says this: The Trump Campaign threatens that “if this matter is not timely resolved, not only Petitioner, but the Nation as a whole may suffer injury from the resulting confusion.” Motion at 5. But it is the… Continue reading

Derek Muller Lays Out THE Conservative Case Against Texas’s Bizarre Suit to Steal the Election for Trump at the Supreme Court

December 21, 2020, 1:51 pmchicanery, Election Meltdown, electoral college, fraudulent fraud squad, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Derek at Law & Liberty: The Electoral College is a designedly decentralized process for the selection of the President of the United States. Each State may choose its presidential electors in the manner that the legislature deems appropriate.The State of… Continue reading

Trump Campaign Files Ridiculous New Expedited Cert Petition, Seeking Supreme Court Order to Overturn PA Election Results, Relying on Fake Electors for Trump from PA as Reported by the Epoch Times

December 20, 2020, 12:03 pmchicanery, electoral college, fraudulent fraud squad, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

John Eastman should be ashamed of this petition for cert and motion to expedite. I won’t go through all of the ridiculous things here, but this is an attempt to challenge PA Supreme Court cases in October and mid-November.… Continue reading

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

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