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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term.  The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -
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Ten Years after Shelby County: The Effect of Ending Preclearance on Voting Rights

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In 2013, a divided Supreme Court held in Shelby County v. Holder that Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was unconstitutional, ending its preclearance requirement in states with a history of discriminatory voting...more

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Supreme Court Clarifies Evidentiary Contours of Racial and Political Gerrymandering Jurisprudence

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Every ten years, states conduct a redistricting process to redraw state and congressional boundary lines for the selection of elected representatives. Due to its politically thorny nature, this process unsurprisingly results...more

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Supreme Court Decides Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP

On May 23, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, No. 22-807. The Court held that the finding of a three-judge district court panel that race was predominant in the...more

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Reviewing the 2022 SCOTUS Term

In this special episode, Akin Supreme Court and appellate practice head Pratik Shah and partner Aileen McGrath look back at the tumultuous 2022 Supreme Court Term....more

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Eighth Circuit Rules That the Voting Rights Act Does Not Include a Private Right of Action, Impacting Potentially Numerous Pending...

On Monday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act lacks a private right of action. The court affirmed an Arkansas federal district court’s holding that only the...more

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Cozen Currents: Democracy in Disarray?

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The Cozen Lens- What role the United States should play in today’s unstable world is a legitimate debate to have, but to be able to provide any form of leadership abroad, the US needs to be able to demonstrate a certain...more

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Supreme Court Term May Upend Precedent, Push Back Regulation

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 term opened in October with another docket that is teeming with controversial issues, ranging from affirmative action in college admissions and third-party liability for social media posts to...more

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Election Eve Decisions – The Supreme Court Clarifies Reach of Purcell, Reversing Eleventh Circuit

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The United States Supreme Court late last month vacated the stay of an injunction entered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In a brief, one-paragraph order with no dissents, the Supreme Court held that...more

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United States Supreme Court Sending Chilling Messages for Future of the Voting Rights Act and Redistricting Challenges

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For 57 years, the Voting Rights Act has served as a remarkably effective bulwark against state-level attempts to restrict voting rights, particularly for Black and minority voters. But voting rights are under attack in state...more

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The Supreme Court - July 1, 2021

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Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, No. 19-1257: The Democratic National Committee and other affiliates brought a suit challenging two Arizona voting restrictions as violating §2 of the Voting Rights Act (“VRA”)....more

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President Biden Issues Executive Order Seeking to Promote Voting Rights

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On March 7, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order aiming to increase voters’ access to elections. The executive order serves as an “initial step” in President Biden’s plan to work with Congress to attempt to...more

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Supreme Court Issues Two Decisions With Implications for Public Schools

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The Supreme Court closed out its current term this week, issuing decisions in two cases with important implications for public schools. In Kisor v. Wilkie, issued yesterday, a surprising majority of the Court (the liberal...more

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The Supreme Court - June 27, 2019

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The Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions on June 27, 2019: Department of Commerce v. New York, No. 18-966: The Secretary of Commerce announced in a March 2018 memo that he was reinstating a question...more

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Supreme Court Blocks Citizenship Question In The Census – For Now

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The Commerce Department cannot include a citizenship question in the census – at least for now – according to the Supreme Court. In Department of Commerce et al. v. New York et al., the Court, in a 5-4 decision written by...more

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The Supreme Court - November 13, 2018

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Today, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the following case: PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic Inc., No 17-1705: Whether the Hobbs Act required the district court in this case to accept the Federal...more

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The Supreme Court - June 25, 2018

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The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions today: Ohio v. American Express Co., No 16-1454: American Express (Amex), like all credit-card companies, operates a transaction network that serves two groups:...more

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Supreme Court Decides Abbott, et al. v. Perez, et al.

On June 25, 2018, the Supreme Court decided Abbott, et al. v. Perez, et al., Nos. 17-586 & 17-626. The Court held that the district court erred when it required the State to show that the 2013 Texas Legislature had "purged...more

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Supreme Court Considering Whether to Limit the “Business of Rigging Elections”

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On January 27, 1998, the Winston-Salem Journal featured an article discussing the lack of competitive Congressional races in North Carolina. John Hoeffel, Six Incumbents Are a Week Away From Easy Election, Winston-Salem...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down N.C. Congressional Redistricting

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The U.S. Supreme Court has taken the extraordinary step of finding that two of North Carolina's congressional districts violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment because they impermissibly utilized race as the...more

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The Supreme Court - May 22, 2017

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The Supreme Court of the United States issued decisions in three cases today: TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, No. 16-341: Respondent Kraft Foods brought a patent infringement suit against petitioner TC...more

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Supreme Court Decides Cooper v. Harris

On May 22, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Cooper v. Harris, No. 15-1262, holding that a three-judge district court panel did not err in concluding that race furnished the predominant rationale for North Carolina’s...more

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The Supreme Court - June 2016 #7

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The Supreme Court of the United States issued decisions in three cases today: McDonnell v. United States, No. 15-474: Former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife, Maureen McDonnell, were federally indicted...more

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Redrawing of Arizona Legislative Districts Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court

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The U.S. Supreme Court, in an opinion written by Justice Breyer, has unanimously upheld the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission's plan to redraw Arizona's legislative districts. Lawyers from Ballard Spahr's Political...more

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Supreme Court Decides Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission

On April 20, 2016, the Supreme Court decided Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, No. 14-232, holding that a redistricting plan is not unconstitutional where the maximum population deviation between the...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Holds States and Localities May Continue to Draw Voting Districts Based on Total Population

Total population, however, may not be the only standard upon which voting areas can be based - This week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an important decision in Evenwel v. Abbott clarifying that state and local...more

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