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Analysis: Eleventh Circuit Blocks Preliminary Relief in Florida Voting Case, Saying There Wasn’t Evidence Florida Enacted Its Law with Racially Discriminatory Intent and Blocking Preclearance for Florida’s Voting Laws

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Back in March, I wrote about a “blockbuster” ruling of a federal district court that not only found some of Florida’s restrictive voting laws illegal; it also found that Florida enacted them with racially discriminatory intent. That finding… Continue reading

Today’s Supreme Court Order Upholding the North Carolina Supreme Court’s Ungerrymandering of the State’s Congressional Districts, Could Well Be Temporary and Points to Big, Bad Election Law Precedent Potentially Coming Down the Line

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Rick Pildes already flagged today’s Supreme Court order in the North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case. And I agree with his bottom line conclusion that the Court is almost certain to take this case, when it comes up in the regular… Continue reading

White & Kistler: “Will the Supreme Court’s Originalists Be Open to New Originalist Evidence and Reject the Independent State Legislature Theory?”

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Guest post from Helen White & Cameron Kistler of Protect Democracy: After months of percolating, at least one redistricting case invoking the so-called “independent state legislature” theory has finally reached the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket.”  In the briefest terms,… Continue reading

Federal District Court Finds Georgia’s Redistricting Plans Likely Violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by Diluting Minority Voting Power, But Won’t Order Any Remedy for 2022 Election Under the Purcell Principle

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You can find the court’s 238 page ruling at this link. This case is more proof that the Purcell Principle is becoming a license to do one cycle of illegal voting maps before the courts will offer any meaningful… Continue reading