No. 23-1060

Richard Rose, et al. v. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-03-27
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (4)
Tags: at-large-elections electoral-model policy-interests section-2 state-interests thornburg-v-gingles vote-dilution voting-rights-act
Key Terms:
Trademark JusticiabilityDoctri Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2024-06-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act requires a plaintiff challenging at-large elections to propose a remedy that does not alter the State's chosen electoral model

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED For nearly 40 years, this Court has analyzed claims of vote dilution under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 using the framework established in Thornburg v. Gingles, 478 U.S. 30 (1986). This Court reaffirmed that familiar framework in Allen v. Milligan, 599 U.S. 1 (2023). The questions presented are: 1. In a vote-dilution challenge to at-large elections imposed by state law, does Section 2 also require a plaintiff to propose a remedy that does not alter the State’s chosen electoral model? 2. Are a State’s asserted policy interests for its choice of at-large elections entitled to insurmountable weight under Section 2? (i)

Docket Entries

2024-08-19
Rehearing DENIED.
2024-07-25
DISTRIBUTED.
2024-07-19
2024-07-19
Petition of Richard Rose, et al. for rehearing submitted.
2024-06-24
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-04
2024-06-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
2024-06-03
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
2024-05-28
2024-04-26
Brief amicus curiae of Georgia Conservation Voters Education Fund filed.
2024-04-26
2024-04-26
Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Law Scholars Quinn Yeargain, et al. filed.
2024-04-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is extended to and including May 28, 2024.
2024-04-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 26, 2024 to June 25, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-03-29
2024-03-25
2024-03-15
Application (23A764) denied by Justice Thomas.
2024-03-12
Application (23A764) to extend further the time from March 23, 2024 to April 22, 2024, submitted to Justice Thomas.
2024-02-21
Application (23A764) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until March 23, 2024.
2024-02-12
Application (23A764) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 22, 2024 to April 22, 2024, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Brad Raffensperger
Stephen John PetranyGeorgia Department of Law, Respondent
Constitutional Law Scholars Quinn Yeargain and Anthony Michael Kreis
James Connolly DuganWillkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP, Amicus
FairVote, RepresentUs, Protect Democracy, and Campaign Legal Center
Stanley Joseph BrownHogan Lovells US LLP, Amicus
Georgia Conservation Voters Education Fund
Randall Thomas AdamsSchulte Roth & Zabel LLP, Amicus
Richard Rose, et al.
Bryan Ludington SellsThe Law Office of Bryan L. Sells LLC, Petitioner
Sierra Club
Ruth Merewyn GreenwoodElection Law Clinic, Harvard Law School, Amicus