The Supreme Court Rejected a Bonkers Idea About Voting by a 5–4 Margin. Next Time We Won’t Be So Lucky.
admin Justice Barrett relied upon the common understanding of the meaning of the word “election.”
Voting Rights
Alabama’s Post-Callais Maps Violate a COVID-Era Clause in the State Constitution
For advocates looking to challenge Alabama’s new maps, a recent state constitutional amendment could provide an avenue to do so.
The Trump DOJ’s Threat Against California’s Vote Is a Bluff
This week’s Executive Dysfunction.
One Weird Trick Sam Alito Used to Kill the Voting Rights Act
The current Supreme Court seems completely comfortable that we might return to the days in which states create winner-take-all congressional…
Sonia Sotomayor Bluntly Exposed the Supreme Court’s Latest Voting Rights Lie
SCOTUS delivered yet another crushing blow to voting rights on Tuesday night, issuing a 6–3 decision over the shadow docket.
The Supreme Court Just Transformed Its Horrible Voting Rights Ruling Into Something More Calamitous
What the Roberts court has just wreaked goes beyond handing an extra House seat to the GOP in the upcoming…
How Congress Can Pass a New Voting Rights Act Despite the Supreme Court
Even after Callais, Congress has the power, under the guarantee clause, to stamp out state efforts to decimate Black representation.
Three Judges Just Dared SCOTUS to Say What It Really Thinks About Black Voting Rights
A federal court in Alabama on Tuesday ruled, yet again, that the state had illegally discriminated against Black voters.
Sam Alito’s Math on “Color-Blindness” Doesn’t Check Out
The math will not change. The only question is whether our laws will reckon with it.
Why Is John Roberts in a Rush All of a Sudden?
Over his two decades on the Supreme Court, United States Chief Justice John Roberts had consistently played the long game.