Frank v. Walker
| Decision Date | 09 October 2014 |
| Docket Number | No. 14A352.,14A352. |
| Citation | Frank v. Walker, 135 S.Ct. 7(Mem), 190 L.Ed.2d 245(Mem), 574 U. S. 929 (2014) |
| Parties | Ruthelle FRANK, et al. v. Scott WALKER, Governor of Wisconsin, et al. |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
There is a colorable basis for the Court's decision due to the proximity of the upcoming general election. It is particularly troubling that absentee ballots have been sent out without any notation that proof of photo identification must be submitted. But this Court "may not vacate a stay entered by a court of appeals unless that court clearly and `demonstrably' erred in its application of `accepted standards.'" Planned Parenthood of Greater Tex. Surgical Health Servs. v. Abbott, 571 U.S. ___, 134 S.Ct. 506, 506, 187 L.Ed.2d 465 (2013) () (quoting Western Airlines, Inc. v. Teamsters, 480 U.S. 1301, 1305, 107 S.Ct. 1515, 94 L.Ed.2d 744, (1987) ...
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9 cases
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People First of Ala. v. Merrill
..., 127 S. Ct. at 6, but also allowed a lower court's injunction issued 26 days before an election to stand, see Frank v. Walker , 574 U.S. 929, 135 S.Ct. 7, 190 L.Ed.2d 245 (2014). Also, a recent decision by the Court partially leaving in place a district court's order related to absentee ba......
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Pierce v. N. Carolina State Bd. of Elecs.
...of appeals' stay in the lead up to an election, which would have put the challenged election procedure back in place. 574 U.S. 929, 135 S.Ct. 7, 190 L.Ed.2d 245 (2014). The dissenting justices argued, without referencing Purcell, that the fact that the election was imminent could not by its......
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Chancey v. Ill. State Bd. of Elections
...206 L.Ed.2d 452 (2020) (citing Purcell v. Gonzalez, 549 U.S. 1, 127 S.Ct. 5, 166 L.Ed.2d 1 (2006) (per curiam); Frank v. Walker, 574 U.S. 929, 135 S.Ct. 7, 190 L.Ed.2d 245 (2014); and Veasey v. Perry, 574 U.S. 951, 135 S.Ct. 9, 190 L.Ed.2d 283 (2014)). Plaintiffs rightly point out, however,......
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Democratic Nat'l Comm. v. Bostelmann
...Ct. 1205, 1207, 206 L.Ed.2d 452 (2020). One of the decisions cited in that opinion is another from Wisconsin: Frank v. Walker , 574 U.S. 929, 135 S.Ct. 7, 190 L.Ed.2d 245 (2014). In Frank this court had permitted Wisconsin to put its photo-ID law into effect, staying a district court's inju......
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ABUSING EMERGENCY POWERS: HOW THE SUPREME COURT DEGRADED VOTING RIGHTS PROTECTIONS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND OPENED THE DOOR FOR ABUSE OF STATE POWER.
...988 (2014) (mem.). (102.) See North Carolina v. League of Women Voters of N.C., 574 U.S. 927 (2014) (mem.). (103.) See Frank v. Walker, 574 U.S. 929 (2014) (104.) See Veasey v. Perry, 135 S. Ct. 9 (2014) (mem.). (105.) The 2014 general election took place on November 4, 2014. See United Sta......
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The Voting Rights Act in Winter: The Death of a Superstatute
...195 . See VA. CODE ANN. § 24.2-404(A)(3) (Supp. 2014); id. § 24.2-411.1(F). 196. Frank v. Walker, 135 S. Ct. 7 (2014) (granting an application to vacate the Seventh Circuit decision that reversed the district court’s permanent injunction of Wisconsin’s voter identification law). A less rest......