Category Archives: Supreme Court

In Risky Move, Texas Democrats Appeal 5th Circuit Absentee Voting Decision to Supreme Court, Claiming 26th Amendment Violation

June 16, 2020, 11:07 amabsentee ballots, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

You can find the cert petition here and application to vacate the 5th circuit’s stay of the district court order here. Here is the question presented: “Does Texas’s limitation of the right to cast a no-excuse mail-in ballot to… Continue reading

“U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Montana campaign finance law”

June 2, 2020, 8:31 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Bozeman Daily Chronicle: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case that challenged Montana’s law on disclosing the spending for political ads within 60 days of an election.In August 2019, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of … Continue reading

Franita & Foley Podcast Talks to Derek Muller About the Faithless Electors Lawsuit

May 22, 2020, 12:04 pmelectoral college, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Listen.

“Supreme Court Seems Ready to Curb ‘Faithless Electors’”

May 13, 2020, 8:45 pmelectoral college, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Adam Liptak for the NYT: The Supreme Court seemed ready on Wednesday to allow states to require members of the Electoral College to cast their votes for the presidential candidates they had pledged to support.In two arguments concerning “faithless electors”… Continue reading

“Going rogue; America’s Supreme Court considers the rights of ‘faithless’ presidential electors”

May 7, 2020, 12:38 pmelectoral college, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Steve Mazie for The Economist.

“Supreme Court Unanimously Overturns ‘Bridgegate’ Convictions”

May 7, 2020, 8:32 amchicanery, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

NYT: The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously overturned the convictions of two defendants in the “Bridgegate” scandal.The case resulted from a decision in 2013 by associates of Chris Christie, then the governor of New Jersey, to close… Continue reading

Revised Version of My Forthcoming Georgetown L.J. Online Paper, The Supreme Court’s Pro-Partisanship Turn, Now Available

May 7, 2020, 8:24 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Here at SSRN.

“The Real Vote Suppression Threat; The Supreme Court weighs whether Electoral College electors can vote their preference for president rather than the choice of their state.”

May 7, 2020, 8:20 amelectoral college, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Linda Greenhouse NYT column.

“James Madison, Citizens United, and the Constitutional Problem of Corruption”

May 6, 2020, 4:08 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Tony Gaughan has posted this draft on SSRN (American U. L. Rev.). Here is the abstract: One of the most controversial decisions in the modern history of the Supreme Court is Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. In a 5-4… Continue reading

Lessig on the Faithless Electors Case: “What Rick Hasen is Missing”

May 6, 2020, 1:22 pmelectoral college, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Larry at Medium: It is so rare to be able to write such a headline. But when it is true, given the rightful importance that the Dean of Election Law’s opinion has to so many, it is an important headline… Continue reading

“Arizona Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Uphold Ballot Harvesting Ban, Out of Precinct Policy (READ Petition)”

April 27, 2020, 11:45 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Over at AZ Law.

Without Noted Dissent, Supreme Court Denies Cert. in 5th Circuit One-Person, One Vote Case Involving Special Purpose Districts

April 27, 2020, 7:54 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Cert denied in LULAC v. Edwards Aquifer Authority. Here is my earlier coverage.

“Supreme Court Delivers a Blow to Secret Campaign Spending”

April 26, 2020, 7:39 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs.

“How Will Chief Justice And Supreme Court Conservative Majority Affect 2020 Election?”

April 23, 2020, 8:50 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

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