Today the Supreme Court decided a statutory interpretation case, Paroline v. U.S. with no easy answer, an unusual cross-ideological divide among the Justices, an interpretation offered by the majority which Adam Liptak rightfully describes as “a new and vague… Continue reading
The Telegraph: “The District 2 race was by far the closest of the nine commission races. Schlesinger won by just 26 votes. But Ficklin’s research turned up more than enough voters who were in the wrong district to cast… Continue reading
This afternoon, the Supreme Court on a 5-4 vote refused to overturn a temporary order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit staying a federal district court order putting on hold a provision of a new… Continue reading
This is a new one for me:
A state Supreme Court justice in Westchester County has dismissed a charge of contempt that had been leveled against the Republican commissioner of the Dutchess County Board of Elections by his Democratic… Continue reading
A longtime ELB reader writes:
I don’t know if anyone has written about this, but the PI plaintiffs’ bar might be secretly rooting for the Supreme Court to strike down section 5. In California and in other states, plaintiffs have… Continue reading
RNC v. DNC is on the SCOTUSBlog “Petitions to Watch” list for tomorrow. I’ve said this has a pretty good chance of being granted, and it would make for a very interesting Remedies/Election law case.
Political Wire:
Harry Enten looks at statistics that rank members of Congress on a scale from -1 for most liberal to 1 for most conservative and finds Senate and House Democrats have been fairly stable at -0.4 since 1992.… Continue reading