It is not clear what internal deliberations were taking place at the 5th Circuit which took the Court more than 5 months to issue this order, but the full 5th Circuit will consider Veasey v. Abbott en banc by the … Continue reading
Spencer Woodman for Vice:
The recent proliferation of new restrictions has inflected the celebrations in Selma this week with worries of a resurgent era of voter suppression—concerns that have taken on new urgency ahead of the first presidential election since… Continue reading
Josh Douglas has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Election Law Stories). Here is the abstract:
Voter ID has become one of the biggest hot-button issues in American politics. Everyone accepts that this issue is a major battleground. Yet where… Continue reading
HuffPost reports.
I’d be VERY wary of drawing conclusions from differentials in Democratic turnout in these states. Consider Texas, for example: Democratic turnout could be down because Clinton and Sanders did not put a lot of resources into that state… Continue reading
MINUTE ORDER: On February 29, 2016, the Court held a conference call to hear any requests for expedited discovery in the above-captioned case. Upon due consideration of the parties’ oral arguments it is hereby ORDERED that defendant-intervenor the Kansas Secretary… Continue reading