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

[larrylevine at earthlink.net]

This court is beginning to demonstrate two political truisms: 1) when you have the votes, vote and don’t explain; and 2) god is on the side of the guy with the most votes. Hang onto your hats. It’s about to get even more extreme. 

Larry

 

From: Law-election <law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> On Behalf Of Vladeck, Stephen I
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Subject: Re: [EL] Supreme Court reinstated ban on curbside voting in Alabama: 20A67, Merrill v. People First

 

I’d just add the utter irresponsibility of providing not even a single sentence of explanation as to why the district court order, which even the Eleventh Circuit refused to stay, meets the criteria for a stay from the Court… 

 

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

 

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

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