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

[henry weinstein]

BEYOND GROSS. THE 5 AREVSUPPRESSING THE VOTE AND SUPPRESSING DEMOCRACY.

On Wed, Oct 21, 2020, 5:49 PM Pamela S Karlan <pkarlan at stanford.edu> wrote:

> 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
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