All the election scholars I know expect the Democrats to lose in the Brnovich voting case tomorrow. The bigger question is HOW the Supreme Court writes its decision and if Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act continues to protect minority voters from restrictive voting rules. 1/2
I've written about best-case scenario of a fractured court (or even an alliance among the Court's more liberal members and at least 2 of Barrett-Roberts-Kavanaugh); but it's tough to count on Roberts or Kavanaugh in this context (Barrett more unknown) 2/2 electionlawblog.org/?p=122703
My first post said in the Brnovich case "tomorrow," but tomorrow is not the last day of SCOTUS opinions and the opinion could come later in the week.
In advance of a possible Supreme Court ruling today in Brnovich voting rights case, here's my Feb. @SCOTUSblog post on the case, about how voting rights plaintiffs are caught in a battle not of their choosing between the Democratic and Republican parties scotusblog.com/2021/02/a-part…
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