Category Archives: Supreme Court

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

SCOTUSBlog Running Symposium on Faithless Electors Cases at Supreme Court

April 22, 2020, 2:25 pmelectoral college, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

You can find it here (Derek Muller and David Post have first two entries.)

“Analysis: Supreme Court’s first opinion related to COVID-19 was anonymous. Here’s why that matters”

April 22, 2020, 2:00 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Marcia Coyle for PBS.

“What’s behind the fight over Wisconsin’s primary? The Supreme Court’s gerrymandering ruling.”

April 22, 2020, 8:45 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Guy Charles and Luis Fuentes-Rohwer in The Monkey Cage: On April 7, thousands of Wisconsin citizens braved a global pandemic to show up at the polls to vote. Some commentators blamed Republicans in the legislature for forcing voters to choose… Continue reading

Sally Field Reads Portions of Justice Ginsburg’s Dissent in Wisconsin Voting Case in Short Video from Brave New Films

April 19, 2020, 8:03 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Watch.

Supreme Court Will Hear Oral Argument in Faithless Electors Cases Telephonically in May

April 13, 2020, 8:14 amelectoral college, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Order. And it appears that the oral argument will be livestreamed. This means we should have an opinion by the end of June unless the Court extends the term.

Supreme Court Wrongly Predicted Leaked Vote Totals in Wisconsin Voting Case

April 10, 2020, 1:33 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

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

The Biggest Problem with the Supreme Court’s Opinion in the Wisconsin Voting Case Was Not the Result (Which Was Still Wrong), But the Court’s Sloppiness and Nonchalance About Voting Rights and What That Means for November

April 10, 2020, 12:39 pmSupreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

There has been a ton of commentary on the Supreme Court’s split decision in the Wisconsin voting case, which reversed a district court order allowing absentee ballots received by April 13 whether or not they were postmarked by the April… Continue reading

“The Supreme Court Fails Us; The five conservative justices refused to extend the deadline for absentee ballots in Wisconsin in the middle of the pandemic. “

April 9, 2020, 11:29 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Linda Greenhouse NYT column.

Adam Liptak NYT Analysis: “Rulings on Wisconsin Election Raise Questions About Judicial Partisanship”

April 7, 2020, 3:09 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

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

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