Purcell is not a legal principle. It’s a double standard
At the heart of these cases is the Purcell principle — the idea that courts should avoid changing voting or election rules too close to an election.
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Sen. Cory Booker: ‘There’s a corrupt shadow hanging over the Supreme Court’
Sen. Booker stopped short of saying he would support expanding the number of SCOTUS justices, but doubled-down on saying the court is corrupt.
SCOTUS used faulty racial voter turnout data to shred Voting Rights Act in recent ruling
The Guardian found that Justice Samuel Alito used “misleading” data in determining that Black and white voter turnout rates have reached parity.
Civil rights groups say Purcell principle prevents Louisiana from suspending elections when votes have already been cast
Black voters are pressing SCOTUS to apply the Purcell principle of law, which says voting rules and maps shouldn’t be changed too close to an election.
This week at Democracy Docket: A catastrophic court ruling sets off a scramble to destroy Black political power
It’s no exaggeration to say this was among the worst weeks for voting rights in our history.
Callais ruling may also demolish states’ voting rights laws
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act, another set of laws is also in danger: state-level statutes that seek to bar racially discriminatory voting practices.
How Democrats are fighting back after Callais
After the Supreme Court’s six Republican-appointed justices gutted the Voting Rights Act, Democrats across the country said they will respond with their own redistricting efforts and, eventually, new pro-voting laws.
Supreme Court ruling derails 28 lawsuits defending minority voting rights, Democracy Docket research finds
The legal cases are primarily concentrated in the South, where America’s legacy of racial discrimination still casts the longest shadow over voting rights.
After Callais, calls to reform Supreme Court grow deafening
Following the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act Wednesday, legal scholars and advocates across the country demanded reforms to the Supreme Court to preserve free and fair elections and voting rights in the U.S.
Republicans want to impeach judges they don’t agree with
It’s the latest example of Republican legislators taking aim at judges whose rulings they don’t like.
