[EL] question about angling to get before 3-judge-courts in election cases

[Rick Hasen]

To clarify my earlier email, I am looking for earlier statements given 
to journalists (or perhaps posted on a website or twitter), not a new 
statement from someone now, about the strategic use of three judge 
courts in election cases before the Roberts Court.

For example, I heard a rumor that one reason the RNC abandoned its 
latest soft money case was that it was denied a three-judge court. (I 
also heard a rumor that the RNC did not like the discovery that was 
coming in the case.)  Yet I cannot find anything on the record from the 
time.

Thanks.

Rick


On 8/3/15 12:43 PM, Rick Hasen wrote:
> I'm looking for statements made by litigators or people behind 
> litigation who have angled to get their issues before the Supreme 
> Court by trying to get a three-judge court.  David Gans claims, and I 
> think he's right, that conservatives in recent years have tried to get 
> their cases heard by a three judge court because it increases the 
> chances the Court will take the case.  Here's David's post:
>
> http://balkin.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-role-of-three-judge-courts-in.html
>
> I'd appreciate any leads for a paper I'll soon post online.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Rick
>

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