Tag: SCOTUS

State Briefs: Suspicious Envelopes Sent to Election Officials; CA Sued by DOJ After 48 Hour Deadline Passes; NH Appeals Student ID Rule to SCOTUS

State Briefs:  Suspicious Envelopes Sent to Election Officials; CA Sued by DOJ After 48 Hour Deadline Passes; NH Appeals Student ID Rule to SCOTUS

In state headlines, envelopes containing an unknown powder were sent to election officials around the country; the Trump Department of Justice sued the State of California after a 48-hour deadline to find noncitizen voters expired; and New Hampshire appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate its law ending use of student IDs for voting, blocked by two federal courts.
U.S. Supreme Court’s Majority Allows Use of Social Security Data for SAVE Database, But Limits Scope Close to the Election; Case Sent Back to DC Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court’s Majority Allows Use of Social Security Data for SAVE Database, But Limits Scope Close to the Election; Case Sent Back to DC Circuit

There’s been a decision in a U.S. Supreme Court voting rights & data privacy case we’ve been following. Sept. 25th, the high court’s majority allowed Social Security data to be used in the Trump administration’s SAVE database, over the strenuous objection of pro-voter and civil rights groups and several states.
After a Bipartisan SCOTUS Majority Blocked the USPS Mail-In Voting Rules, What Do the Concurrence and Dissent Tell Us About What’s Next?

After a Bipartisan SCOTUS Majority Blocked the USPS Mail-In Voting Rules, What Do the Concurrence and Dissent Tell Us About What’s Next?

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily block U.S. Postal Service rules governing mail-in voting for the midterms cited the government’s weak case, and the lack of time to implement the rules. It didn’t address its constitutionality. What do the concurrence and dissents tell us about what’s next?