Trump v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
Pending petitionLinked with:
Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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20-883 | 7th Cir. | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Issues: (1) Whether the Wisconsin Elections Commission and local election officials violated Article II, Section 1, clause 2 of the Constitution and the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection during the 2020 presidential election by implementing unauthorized absentee voting practices in disregard of the Wisconsin Legislature’s explicit command that absentee voting must be “carefully regulated” and that absentee ballots cast outside of the legislature’s authorized procedures “may not be counted;” (2) whether this court should declare the Wisconsin election unconstitutional and void under Article II and thus failed under 3 U.S.C. § 2 and allow the Wisconsin Legislature to appoint its electors; and (3) whether federal courts may rely on the doctrine of laches to avoid reviewing electors clause or equal protection claims arising after absentee balloting began or which could not have reasonably been brought before absentee balloting commenced.
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Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Dec 30 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 3, 2021) |
Dec 30 2020 | Motion to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by petitioner. |
Jan 11 2021 | Motion to expedite consideration filed by petitioner DENIED |
Jan 15 2021 | Waiver of right of respondents Wisconsin Elections Commission, et al. to respond filed. |
Jan 19 2021 | Waiver of Satya Rhodes-Conway, Maribeth Witzel-Behl, Scott McDonell of right to respond submitted. |