Category Archives: Supreme Court

Wisconsin Democrats and Other Plaintiffs File Response in Supreme Court in Case Over Absentee Ballot Receipt Deadline

April 5, 2020, 11:32 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

You can find the filing here. I think that they have a strong argument about application of the Purcell Principle: Applicants rely heavily on Purcell v. Gonzalez, 549 U.S. 1, 4-5 (2006), in which this Court cautioned that “[c]ourt… Continue reading

GOP Seeks Supreme Court Stay of Federal Court Order Extending Time for Receipt of Absentee Ballots in Wisconsin Primary Affected by Covid-19; What Will SCOTUS Do?

April 4, 2020, 3:31 pmelection administration, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

You can find the filing at this link. As expected the Purcell Principle plays a major role in the argument here, the idea that courts should not make last minute changes in election rules because doing so could confuse voters… Continue reading

“The Roberts Court Has Made the Looming Coronavirus Election Crisis So Much Worse”

April 3, 2020, 11:38 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

David Gans: The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder left a gaping hole in our Constitution’s promise of democracy and opened the door to rampant voter suppression. Now COVID-19 is making things exponentially worse.

Supreme Court, Without Noted Dissent, Refuses to Hear Case Challenging Constitutionality of Seattle’s Campaign Finance Vouchers Program

March 30, 2020, 8:06 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

No surprise here. I’ve always found the constitutional arguments against it incredibly weak.

Supreme Court, Without Noted Dissent, Denies Cert. in John Doe v. FEC Campaign Disclosure Case

March 23, 2020, 8:58 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Docket at SCOTUS, and here’s more from CREW on the case.

“The Supreme Court’s Pro-Partisanship Turn”

March 4, 2020, 8:29 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Georgetown Law Journal Online). Here is the abstract: The United States Supreme Court’s conservative majority has taken the Court’s election jurisprudence on a pro-partisanship turn which gives political actors freer range to… Continue reading

Koch Bros. Reportedly Helped Fund Buckley v. Valeo Litigation to Start Early Attack on Campaign Finance Laws

February 8, 2020, 9:15 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Lisa Graves oped in The Guardian.

“The Alarming Prospect of the Supreme Court Deciding the 2020 Election; If the country’s nine justices wind up deciding the presidential race, things could get very ugly very quickly”

February 3, 2020, 5:07 amElection Meltdown, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I have written this piece for The Atlantic, part of the rollout of my new book, Election Meltdown. It begins: Among the many strange and worrying truths about American elections, one has a tendency to get lost: The path… Continue reading

“Taking Stock Of The Supreme Court’s Citizens United Decision, 10 Years Later”

January 22, 2020, 11:37 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Listen to NPR’s On Point: It’s been 10 years since the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on Citizens United. We’ll look back at the last decade and take stock of the fallout. Guests Carrie Levine, senior reporter at the Center… Continue reading

“How Citizens United Led Directly to Trump’s Impeachment”

January 22, 2020, 11:24 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Brendan Fischer for Slate.

“Citizens United turns 10 today. Here’s what we’ve learned about dark money.”

January 22, 2020, 9:03 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Abby Wood for The Monkey Cage.

“The Decade of Citizens United”

January 21, 2020, 9:12 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Reupping this Slate piece of mine that ran in December, on what the opinion has meant in the last decade: In 2010, the largest reported individual contributors to federal campaigns in American politics were Robert and Doylene Perry, owners of… Continue reading