[EL] question about US Supreme Court procedure

[Richard Winger]

Yesterday the US Supreme Court received 3 amici curiae briefs in Segovia v US, the case about whether Illinois citizens who move to Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, or Guam should be allowed to continue voting absentee in Illinois.  They can't under current law, but if they move to American Samoa or Northern Mariana Islands, they can.
The conference date for this case in the Supreme Court is June 7.  The web page of the US Supreme Court says that one of the three amici, from 6 law professors, has already been distributed.  But the other two amici, from the government of Puerto Rico and the Bar Assn of the Virgin Islands, has not been distributed.  It seems odd to me that one has been distributed, but the other two haven't been, even though all 3 came in the same day.  Is some official of the US Supreme Court making a decision that the law professor amici needs to go quickly to the justices, whereas the other two don't deserve such treatment? Richard Winger 415-922-9779 PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147
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