Monthly Archives: January 2018
Ohio Mayor Confronts SOS Husted on Voter Purge on Steps of Supreme Court
Nina Totenberg’s report on yesterday’s oral argument begins with this:
JON HUSTED: We believe our state is one where we make it easy to vote and hard to cheat. We make every effort possible to try to reach out to… Continue reading
North Carolina Requests Stay in Congressional Districting Case
This is to the district court, a precursor to going to SCOTUS. (h/t Michael Li)
I explain why NC’s changes of getting a stay are pretty good in this post on the gerrymandering state of play at SCOTUS.
“The Brief Life and Predictable Death of the Kobach Commission”
Miles Rapoport for TAP.
“Legal Quandaries in the Alabama Senate Election of 2017”
Derek Muller has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Alabama Law Review). Here is the abstract:
President Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Alabama Senator Jeff Session as his Attorney General resulted in a vacancy in the Senate and triggered a… Continue reading
“Precedent, Three-Judge District Courts, and the Law of Democracy”
Josh Douglas and Michael Solimine have posted this important draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
As recent partisan gerrymandering cases have shown, three-judge district courts play a unique and important role in how the federal judiciary considers significant… Continue reading
Federal District Court Rejects Constitutional and Voting Rights Act Claims Against Alabama Voter ID Law
You can find the 69 page opinion here (via Chris Geidner).
I’m not surprised by the result in the case, given that Alabama’s voter id law is much less strict than some other recent id laws, and the tendency… Continue reading
“White House says it will destroy Trump voter panel data, send no records to DHS”
WaPo:
The White House’s new filing came as Dunlap urged the court to order the commission to preserve all records pending compliance with the judge’s order. Government attorneys asked the judge to toss out her order, saying it was moot… Continue reading
The State of Play on Partisan Gerrymandering Cases at the Supreme Court
There has been so much action on partisan gerrymandering recently, I thought it is worth gaming out what is likely to happen over the next few months in relation to a number of cases at, or heading, to SCOTUS.
Back… Continue reading
Are Justice Breyer or Justice Gorsuch in Play in the Ohio Voter Purge Case, Will the Justices Divide Along Familiar Party Lines, or Is It All Kennedy Again?
Today the voting wars reached the Supreme Court, which heard oral argument in Husted v. A Philip Randolph Institute, a case which concerns an Ohio law which makes it relatively easy to remove voters from the rolls. While there… Continue reading
Three-Judge Federal Court, on 2-1 Vote, Rejects Partisan Gerrymandering Challenge to Pa. Congressional Districts Under the Elections Clause
Via the Brennan Center’s Agre v. Wolf page, there are the three opinions (the final one is the dissent):
Final Judgment (January 10, 2018)
Memorandum by Honorable Judge Smith (January 10, 2018)
Memorandum by Honorable Judge Shwartz (January 10,… Continue reading
Read the Transcript in Today’s Ohio Voter Purge Case (Husted)
“North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered”
“Supreme Court Hears Challenge To Ohio’s ‘Use-It Or Lose-It’ Voter System”
Nina Totenberg curtain raiser on Husted.