A national survey conducted on Thursday and Friday, 63 percent of adults favor term or age limits for Supreme Court justices.
Supreme Court articles on Democracy Chronicles
The Supreme Court is the highest court in the US and has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all federal courts and over state court cases involving issues of federal law. Also see our articles on Antonin Scalia and also on the Supreme Court case known as Citizens United.
Virginia Becomes Voting Rights Bastion
Virginia has enacted legislation to reinstate key provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act struck down by the Supreme Court in 2013.
The Supreme Court Laid The Path For Georgia’s New Election Law
Georgia recently signed into law a new piece of legislation making it harder to vote. Past Supreme Court decisions paved the way.
Supreme Court Considers Whether to Hear Case on Presidential Debates
There has never been a case before the Supreme Court on presidential debates. But this situation has changed with a new lawsuit.
A Key Supreme Court Case on Disclosure For Nonprofit Donors
The case is on whether a California law requiring charities to report names and addresses of their major donors is unconstitutional.
What If Each President Got To Pick Two Supreme Court Seats?
Is the current system for selecting Supreme Court Justices up to par? What if instead of our current system, every President instead got to pick two Supreme Court seats?
Indiana Law Favoring Elderly Voters May Go To Supreme Court
Indiana is one of seven states that allows people 65+ to vote by mail ballot (without excuse), but does not allow younger voters to do so.
Supreme court opinion may help third party access
This precedent would have helped in Florida in 2020, when the Party for Socialism & Liberation sued over FEC recognition requirement.
The Supreme Court Might Kill Voting Rights—Quietly
Conservatives have attempted to undo hard-won advances that have helped make the promise of democracy a reality for all US citizens.
A Supreme Court Test for What’s Left of the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court is set to hear a new case that will define the type of judicial restrictions legislation making it harder to vote will face.