Category Archives: Supreme Court
North Carolina Files #SCOTUS Reply in Voting Case: Decision Can Come at Any Time
“A Comparison of North Carolina and Ohio (and Wisconsin)”
#SCOTUS Communications Problem Today Highlights Transparency Issues
There has been much talk (and agitation) about the Supreme Court’s lack of transparency. There is no live video or audio feed of its arguments. News organizations used to have to beg to get the same day release of audio… Continue reading
Read Challengers’ SCOTUS Response in North Carolina Voting Case: Analysis
[Updated and bumped to the top.]
This brief filed by challengers to North Carolina’s restrictive voting law was filed yesterday. The Supreme Court could act at any time. We could well hear something later today or tomorrow.
This earlier post … Continue reading
“Holder Faults Supreme Court on Early Voting Calls Ohio Decision ‘Major Step Backward'”
The Very Good News in #SCOTUS Denial of Cert in #SSM Cases
Same sex marriage is about to be legal in the state of Utah. Utah! Ponder that for a minute. If you were going to pick one of the very last states that would legalize same sex marriage, it would have… Continue reading
“Voting rights on docket as new Court term opens; gay marriage, Obamacare fights possible”
“A New Ear of Political Exclusion; Should wealth be permitted to amplify individuals’ democratic participation?”
Tim Kuhner blog post.
Challengers to NC Voting Law File Opposition to SCOTUS Request for Interim Stay
Following up on this post, challengers to the North Carolina voting rules have filed this response opposing an interim stay.
Given that it is past 5 pm Friday on the East Coast, election officials in NC likely will not… Continue reading
“Kar on the Supreme Court’s 5-4 Decision to Block Early Voting in Ohio”
“A month from Election Day, election rules still in flux”
Reid Wilson reports for WaPo.
North Carolina Asks Chief Justice Roberts for Interim Immediate Stay in Voting Case
This morning I reported on an injunction just issued by the federal district court in the North Carolina voting case. The injunction was issued while the Supreme Court considers a stay of the 4th Circuit’s order.
Well the state of… Continue reading
National Constitution Center Podcast on Voting Rights Fights with Jeffrey Rosen, John Eastman and Me
Listen.
In that interview, John Eastman pretty much suggests Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional unless it is read to require proof of racially discriminatory intent (kind of defeats the whole point of section 2 one… Continue reading