Rick HasenVerified account

Thanks! My coverage of SCOTUS North Carolina voting deadlock is here: http://electionlawblog.org/?p=86071 https://twitter.com/jbview/status/771073390828552192 …

Four takeaways from NC ruling: 1. It's no surprise the stay was denied, given there are 4 conservatives & 4 liberals on Court and it takes 5

2. Liberals who were expecting that maybe J. Kennedy or Chief Justice would see voting rules as means of suppression will be disappointed;

3. The 4-4 split on the emergency request in NC case indicates that Court likely to keep deadlocking in voting cases till there's a 9th Just

Odd. There is a 7-1 majority on a voting issue (preregistration) in this very decision