[EL] Supreme Court reinstated ban on curbside voting in Alabama: 20A67, Merrill v. People First

[Pamela S Karlan]

5-3, with the expected lineup.  A dissent from Justice Sotomayor that ends with a truly heartbreaking quotation:  “ Plaintiff Howard Porter, Jr., a Black man in his seventies with asthma and Parkinson’s Disease, told the District Court: “ ‘[S]o many of my [ancestors] even died to vote. And while I don’t mind dying to vote, I think we’re past that – we’re past that time.’ ” Id., at *11.”

The total indifference of the Court to citizens’ ability to vote — while the Court does its business remotely — is stunning.

Pamela S. Karlan
Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law
Co-Director, Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
Stanford Law School
559  Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305
karlan at stanford.edu
650.725.4851
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