The first opinion is in Watson v. RNC, the mail-in ballot case. The court holds that nothing in the federal election-day statutes requires ballots to be received by Election Day in order to be counted.
https://t.co/m8satOKkrQ
With the Roberts Court, it can always get worse on voting rights. Allows ruling covering 7 states to stand that prevents victims of voting discrimination from enforcing part of Voting Rights Act. Congress passed this law in 1965 to protect voters. How can they not even use it?
Supreme Court today: We'll allow Alabama Republicans to change the congressional map in the primary election even though absentee voting has literally already started
Supreme Court last December: November's too late to strike down the GOP's map in TX's March primary election!!
Light a candle in memory of the Voting Rights Act, which died today, aged 60.
Sure, Section 2 wasn't officially struck down. But it might as well have been. It's now useless to minority voters under virtually all circumstances.
NEW: The Supreme Court has summarily reversed the 3-judge trial court's decision striking down Texas' mid-decade congressional map (the court had previously stayed the decision). The three liberal justices dissent. #txlege
#BREAKING: Governor DeSantis releases proposed Florida congressional map to Fox News. More below.
The map is now being promoted and circulated by his staff around digital media. https://t.co/2YeW05uCf7
The arguments behind every landmark Supreme Court ruling have never been freely available to the public… until now.
Thanks to a gift from the Wolf Law Library at William & Mary Law School, more than 125,000 #SCOTUS records & briefs are now freely freely available on the Internet Archive, spanning 1830 through 2019. The arguments that shaped America, including Brown v. Board of Education. Loving v. Virginia.
Read the full announcement ⤵️
https://t.co/yhjqSBVDOa
@WMLawSchool #SupremeCourt #DemocracysLibrary
as an election nerd born-and-raised in Texas who now lives in Virginia and taking constitutional law this semester, I want y’all to know that the past 48 hours have been a special time for me.😌
The Lynchburg Circuit Court Judge dismissed the Lynchburg City redistricting lawsuit. Their attorney, @AssocAnderson says he is advising all localities to move forward with holding the vote. There is no injunction
BREAKING: Democrats just broke the GOP supermajority in the Mississippi Senate!
In a stunning victory, Democrats gained seats in court-ordered special elections and will now head to Jackson to represent and fight on behalf of their constituents.