President Donald Trump’s memorandum to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to exclude people living in the country illegally from the 2020 Census population count used to apportion congressional seats is headed for a Supreme Court showdown on Monday in Trump v. New York. This is a fundamental element of minority rule by Republicans: shift congressional seats away from … Read more
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
Before Chief Justice John Roberts’ Decades-Long Crusade Against the Voting Rights Act, there was Chief Justice William Rehnquist, a prominent figure during the years of the Republican Party’s Operation Eagle Eye to suppress minority voting. Rehnnquist was a poll watcher with direct involvement in challenging voters as the head of a group of lawyers who challenged … Read more