No. 18-409

Lewis Y. Liu v. Paul Ryan, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-02
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights comity-clause congress constitutional-standing due-process electoral-college equal-protection equal-voting-right equal-voting-rights fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-review standing voting-rights
Latest Conference: 2018-11-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Petitioner has the standing to "invoke a right to constitutional protection when he or she is harmed... even if the legislature refuses to act" (Obergefell v. Hodges 2015).

Whether the Electoral College clause (1787) has violated the Comity clause (1787) and three subsequent amendments, the First (1789), the Fifth (1789) and foremostly the Fourteenth (1868), all of which shall prevail and supersede.

Whether, based on #1 & #2, the Court has the duty and authority to review and declare the Electoral College clause no longer constitutional.

Whether, based on #3, Congress has the duty and authority to pass new law to rectify the violation of equal voting right guaranteed by the Constitution for every American.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Electoral College clause (1787) has violated the Comity clause (1787) and three subsequent amendments, the First (1789), the Fifth (1789) and foremostly the Fourteenth (1868), all of which shall prevail and supersede

Docket Entries

2018-12-03
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
2018-11-01
Waiver of right of respondent Paul Ryan, et al. to respond filed.
2018-09-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 1, 2018)

Attorneys

Lewis Liu
Lewis Y. Liu — Petitioner
Paul Ryan, et al.
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent