Chief Justice John Roberts has spent his entire public career in pursuit of his single-minded purpose of destroying the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He has succeeded in reducing the Voting Rights Act to a mere shadow of its former self. Everyone assumed that today’s decision would be the final death blow by an unelected … Read more
The Hill reports, Supreme Court preview: the major decisions still to come: The Supreme Court’s decision season is in full swing. The justices in the coming weeks will hand down major rulings on student debt relief, affirmative action and the Voting Rights Act, with opinions in 30 remaining cases expected to be released by June … Read more
Law & Crime reports, Second Federal Judge Rejects Donald Trump’s Claim He’s ‘Absolutely Immune’ from Civil Suits for His Role in the Jan. 6th Attack: A second federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from civil liability in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol, giving advocacy groups another opportunity to … Read more
Democracy Docket reports, DOJ Indicates Charges Pending in Election Threat Cases: The U.S. attorney for the District of Arizona — the state’s chief federal prosecutor for the U.S Department of Justice (DOJ) — released a statement today indicating there are “several election threat-related cases pending federal felony charges” that stem from alleged criminal activity in … Read more
Supreme Court reporter Ian Millhiser reports, The Supreme Court is likely to weaken, but not destroy, the ban on racial gerrymandering: Alabama Solicitor General Edmund LaCour came to the Supreme Court on Tuesday with a raft of ambitious arguments — many of which would dismantle one of the key remaining prongs of the Voting Rights … Read more