Daily Docket — Friday, June 9

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered its ruling in Allen v. Milligan, striking down Alabama’s congressional map and leaving Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) intact. Read Marc’s reaction to the decision here. [link removed]

Here are some updates from the last few days.

Yesterday’s decision is already reverberating across federal courts. Louisiana wants the U.S. Supreme Court to resume proceedings in its own Section 2 redistricting case, a federal court in Georgia requested additional briefing in the Peach State’s redistricting case and plaintiffs in a Kansas lawsuit submitted a notice arguing that the decision in Allen precludes one of the defendant’s arguments. We are seeing movement in other cases as well. Read our thread here. [link removed]

Louisiana’s legislative session ended yesterday. The Legislature passed a bill requiring all election-related rulemaking to be approved by Legislature itself and placed an amendment on the 2023 ballot to ban private grants for election administration. [link removed] [link removed]

Here’s what to expect coming up.

On Monday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court will release an order list for pending cases. We’re waiting to see if the Court decides to hear a redistricting case out of Ohio or a felony disenfranchisement case from Mississippi. [link removed] [link removed]

Also on Monday, the trial will begin in a court case challenging North Dakota’s new legislative districts. Native American plaintiffs argue that the districts violate Section 2 of the VRA. [link removed]

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A new episode of Defending Democracy dropped today! In today’s episode, Marc and Paige discuss the Supreme Court’s ruling in Allen with Abha Khanna, one of the attorneys who argued the case before the Court. Listen on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. [link removed]

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