No. 23A114

Jillian Ostrewich v. Clifford Tatum, in His Official Capacity as the Harris County Elections Administrator, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-08
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: electioneering-statutes first-amendment polling-places section-1983 unreviewable-discretion voter-apparel
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Texas's electioneering statutes violate the First Amendment by granting election workers unreviewable discretion to prohibit voter apparel at polling places when enforcement is inconsistent and haphazard and the state has presented no evidence of actual disruption caused by such apparel

Docket Entries

2023-08-09
Application (23A114) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until November 17, 2023.
2023-08-03
Application (23A114) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 29, 2023 to November 17, 2023, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Jillian Ostrewich
Deborah Joyce La FetraPacific Legal Foundation, Petitioner