Nina Totenberg for NPR’s Morning Edition: So, it was no surprise when the conservative majority refused to make even a modest accommodation to the pandemic. What was surprising was the tone of the opinion. Critics of the opinion, including some… Continue reading

Marcia Coyle for PBS.

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A sharp reader emails: Note the following passage from the Supreme Court’s per curiam opinion in RNC v. DNC: The unusual nature of the District Court’s order allowing ballots to be mailed and postmarked after election day is perhaps best… Continue reading

Linda Greenhouse NYT column.

NYT:  In a pair of extraordinary rulings on Monday, the highest courts in Wisconsin and the nation split along ideological lines to reject Democratic efforts to defer voting in Tuesday’s elections in the state given the coronavirus pandemic. Election… Continue reading

Joan puts Wisconsin in context.

Michael Morley has written this extensive analysis of today’s developments, which begins: This post offers a new perspective on the Supreme Court’s emergency order in Republican National Committee v. Democratic National Committee, No. 19A1016 (U.S. Apr. 6, 2020). It… Continue reading

Interesting thread starts here: I want to make one point about the Supreme Court's decision in the Wisconsin case that I'm surprised has not been made. The Supreme Court & the federal courts more broadly have actually not done… Continue reading

You can read the opinion and dissent here. In some ways, it is unsurprising that the Court divided 5-4 (conservative/Republican Justices against liberal/Democratic Justices) on a question whether the emergency created by COVID-19 and the dangers of in-person voting… Continue reading