Law professors Akhil Reed Amar, Vikram David Amar and Neal Kumar Katyal warn in a New York Times op-ed, The Supreme Court Should Not Muck Around in State Election Laws: Just as they did in the infamous Bush v. Gore litigation in 2000, Republican lawyers are trying to get the Supreme Court to undermine state … Read more
For the second time in one day on Wednesday, the Supreme Court rejected a Republican effort to block a state’s extension for the receipt and counting of mail-in votes beyond Election Day, this time in North Carolina. Supreme Court Rejects Trump Campaign’s Bid to Block Mail-in Voting Extension in N.C.: The ruling fell hours after … Read more
Amy Coney Barrett became the 115th Supreme Court Justice Tuesday when Chief Justice John Roberts administered the judicial oath of office in a private ceremony at the court. A Newly Sworn In Justice Barrett Faces A Motion To Recuse Herself In Election Case: Barrett immediately was faced with an unusual motion seeking her recusal in … Read more
Axios reports “Republicans, win or lose next week, face a big — and growing — math problem.” The GOP’s monstrous math problem: The state of play: They’re relying almost exclusively on a shrinking demographic (white men), living in shrinking areas (small, rural towns), creating a reliance on people with shrinking incomes (white workers without college … Read more
In two ads released over the last day, the Lincoln Project condemned the stupidity and barbarity of the Trump Administration in its mishandling of the Coronavirus Pandemic and its separation of migrant children from their parents. The first ad is called “Last Call” and deals with two daughters having their last contact with their dying … Read more