Joan Biskupic: “John Roberts’ unwavering, limited view of voting access seen in Supreme Court’s Wisconsin ruling”
Joan puts Wisconsin in context.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
Morley: “Election Emergencies at the Supreme Court”
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
Guy Charles on Today’s Wisconsin SCOTUS Ruling
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
Breaking: Supreme Court on 5-4 Vote Reverses District Court on Late-Arriving Absentee Ballots in Wisconsin Race. This is a Bad Sign for November in a Number of Ways.
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
Wisconsin Democrats and Other Plaintiffs File Response in Supreme Court in Case Over Absentee Ballot Receipt Deadline
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?
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”
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
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
Docket at SCOTUS, and here’s more from CREW on the case.
“The Supreme Court’s Pro-Partisanship Turn”
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
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”
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”
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”
Brendan Fischer for Slate.