Constitutional Law,
Government,
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb. 15, 2022
Ruling on Alabama voting map sets terrible precedent
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling from last week is wrong on the law and sets a dangerous precedent that will make it much harder to enjoin illegal voting practices.
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Merrill v. Milligan, 2022 DJDAR 1361 (Feb. 7, 2022), is wrong on the law and sets a dangerous precedent that will make it much harder to enjoin illegal voting practices. A three-judge federal district court -- which included two judges appointed by President Donald Trump and one appointed by President Bill Clinton -- found that the co...
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