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30 Nov 2015, 2:45 am
” At his Election Law Blog, Rick Hasen reports that Justice Anthony Kennedy, “in his capacity as Circuit Justice for the Ninth Circuit, has enjoined the counting of ballots in an upcoming election in which only those with Native Hawaiian ancestry may vote,” and in light of the order he concludes that “there’s a fairly good chance this issue eventually ends up on the merits at the Supreme Court. [read post]
22 Apr 2014, 4:11 am
In The Tampa Tribune, William March reports on yesterday’s denial of certiorari in a case seeking review of a lower court ruling that invalidated efforts by Florida governor Rick Scott to subject state employees to random drug tests. [read post]
7 Apr 2020, 4:00 am
” At the Election Law Blog, Rick Hasen warns that “it is a very bad sign for November that the Court could not come together and find some form of compromise here in the midst of a global pandemic unlike anything we have seen in our lifetimes. [read post]
2 May 2007, 2:42 pm
All this is a preamble to this post today by Professor Rick Hasen of the Election Law blog, which concludes:Upon closer examination, I'm shocked that the district court granted summary judgment on this "evidence" of voter fraud, and that it passed muster before Judge Posner, someone usually interested in what the empirical evidence actually shows. [read post]
27 May 2015, 2:12 am
In addition to Lyle’s reporting on the case in his orders post, other coverage comes from Mark Walsh at Education Week’s School Law Blog, Adam Liptak of The New York Times, and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), with commentary coming from Rick Hasen at his Election Law Blog and at Slate. [read post]
8 Jun 2015, 4:25 am
And at his Election Law Blog, Rick Hasen discusses the decision by a three-judge panel that followed a GVR in light of the Alabama redistricting cases. [read post]
12 Jun 2015, 6:51 am
Finally, at his Election Law Blog Rick Hasen weighs on the president’s comments themselves, and in particular whether they are appropriate when the case is pending before the Court; he concludes that the president should speak up on pending decisions more often. [read post]
1 Feb 2017, 4:48 am
Christian Adams at The Hill; Gina Chon at Reuters; Richard Primus in Politico; and Rick Hasen in the Election Law Blog; the editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal; Kevin Drum in Mother Jones; and Ed Whelan in The National Review. [read post]
26 Nov 2019, 4:01 am
” At the Election Law Blog, Rick Hasen observes that “there are better and worse ways for campaign finance reformers to lose at the current Supreme Court, … [a]nd the way the state of Alaska lost [yester]day is the least bad way it could lose. [read post]
24 Apr 2014, 6:19 am
Commentary on Paroline comes from Rick Hasen, who predicts at his Election Law Blog that Congress will step in to override the Court’s decision, “and probably relatively quickly,” and from Marci Hamilton, who proposes a possible fix at Hamilton and Griffin on Rights. [read post]
1 May 2015, 4:25 am
Other commentary comes from Rick Hasen, in an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times. [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 9:59 am
As Professor Rick Hasen tweeted, “As I read #prop8 decision, my thought is this is written for Justice Kennedy first, public second. [read post]
24 Jan 2012, 6:51 am
Lyle Denniston covered the lawsuit for this blog, as does Rick Hasen at his Election Law Blog. [read post]
22 Feb 2017, 3:53 am
” At the Election Law Blog, Rick Hasen reports that the governor and attorney general of North Carolina have taken steps to withdraw the state’s request that the Supreme Court review an appeals court decision striking down the state’s strict voting law, arguing that “getting this case withdrawn would be a big deal and a good thing. [read post]
6 Apr 2020, 3:33 am
” At the Election Law Blog, Rick Hasen observes that “the Purcell Principle” — “the idea that courts should not make last minute changes in election rules because doing so could confuse voters and election administrators” – “plays a major role in the argument here. [read post]
14 Sep 2016, 5:56 am
Commentary comes from Rick Hasen, who at his Election Law Blog asserts that the Democrats’ case was “weak” and “that cases like this make bad law when there are more serious voting cutbacks. [read post]
23 Mar 2017, 4:36 am
Dionne at The Washington Post, Michelangelo Signorile at The Huffington Post, Paul Collins and Lori Ringhand at Slate, Seth Davis at PrawfsBlawg, Rick Hasen at the Election Law Blog, and Carolyn Shapiro at the ACS Blog. [read post]
3 Mar 2015, 3:36 am
Commentary comes from Noah Feldman of Bloomberg View, Derek Muller at Excess of Democracy, Rick Hasen at his Election Law Blog, and Michael Morley in a podcast for the Northwestern University Law Review Online. [read post]
3 Jan 2017, 3:16 am
” In his Election Law Blog, Rick Hasen notes that North Carolina officials have asked the Supreme Court for emergency relief from a three-judge federal-court ruling requiring the state to hold special elections in 2017 to correct unconstitutional racial gerrymandering in several legislative districts, concluding that the “petition, with Paul Clement as counsel of record, seems unlikely to succeed. [read post]
2 Nov 2015, 3:00 am
” In an op-ed for The National Law Journal, Rick Hasen discusses new revelations about the Court’s 2009 decision holding “that $3 million in independent spending supporting a candidate for the West Virginia Supreme Court by a litigant with a $50 million case before that Court created enough of a problem with ingratiation and access to require the judge to recuse himself from hearing that case”; those revelations, he argues, show that Justice Anthony Kennedy… [read post]
