Debbie Cade Boyd
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Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Ballot Harvesting; Decision Could Impact DOJ’s Case Against Georgia
6-3 opinion with Alito writing.
The opinion is a big win for the states on election laws and undermines the new lawsuit from the Biden Administration against Georgia.
However, the Court punts on a clear or binding rule for future cases: “we think it prudent to make clear at the beginning that we decline in these cases to announce a test to govern all VRA §2 claims involving rules...that specify the time, place, or manner for casting ballots.”
Yet, this is clearly a more narrow ruling than the one relied upon the Biden Administration of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
In her dissent, Justice Kagan declares that the “cramped reading” “undermines Section 2 and the right it provides.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/19-1257_g204.pdf
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