“Supreme Court Leaves Its Mark on the Midterms”
Josh Gerstein rounds up the recent action at SCOTUS for Politico.
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Ifill v. von Spakovsky
National Press Club event / rumble at 10am on Thursday, on recent legal changes and the midterm elections.
Justice Scalia Requests Texas Response in Voter ID Case to SCOTUS
Due 5 pm Eastern Thursday, according to Tim Eaton.
“Texas Stopped Issuing Voter IDs While Pushing to Reinstate Law”
MSNBC follows up on this news, finding that the decision to (temporarily) stop issuing IDs was statewide. It now looks like Texas has restarted the machine.
And more from MSNBC, now that the stay application is up at… Continue reading
Read Texas Voter ID Challengers’ Emergency #SCOTUS Application
Here. [Revised document]
Still Another Stay Application Heads to SCOTUS
No, it’s not from the 5th Circuit’s ID decision. (Not just yet, anyway.) It’s from French v. McLean, the case challenging Montana’s ban on partisan judicial endorsements. On October 1, the federal trial court denied a preliminary injunction… Continue reading
Breitbart Attributes Posner’s ID Dissent to Angling for Court Appointment
Fascinating. Farfetched, but fascinating.
Plaintiffs Taking Texas Voter ID Case to #SCOTUS
So reports MSNBC. My earlier analysis of the Supreme Court chances are here.
“Supreme Court Was Right to Put Voter ID On Hold”
From the editorial board of the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
Who, What, Where, When, How – but not Why
In the WaPo, Robert Barnes discusses the Supreme Court’s decisions last week not to take the same-sex marriage cases, and to stay voting decisions from the courts of appeals, shaping the law without offering much contemporaneous rationale.
“High Court Buys Time for Action on Voter ID Laws”
The Boston Globe on the series of stays.
“Courts Grapple With GOP-Backed Voting Limits”
The Wall St. Journal’s week-end summary of the recent hullaballoo.
Texas Seeks Emergency 5th Circuit Relief in Voter ID Case
Tim Eaton: “@gregabbott filed emergency stay in the 5th Circuit on #voterid. Also, fed judge issued final judgment halting #voterid #txlege”
also: “DOJ and other plaintiffs in Texas #voterID case must respond w/i 24 hrs… Continue reading
“Maneuvering Persists After Courts Block New Voter Conditions”
The N.Y. Times parses what’s happened and what’s next regarding the most prominent election administration tussles this week.