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
In an extraordinary dissenting opinion, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Karen Nelson Moore called out the Republican corruption of the federal courts in support of the “concentrated effort” of GOP voter suppression. (h/t Election Law Blog). Judge Moore was appointed to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1995 by President Bill Clinton. She graduated … Read more
Update to AZ Voter Registration Deadline Appealed to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Late Tuesday a three judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a per curiam order ruled that U.S. District Court Judge Steven Logan exceeded his judicial discretion when he extended the Arizona’s voter registration deadline from Oct. 5 until … Read more