electoral-college

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25-552 Nicholas Lupo, et al. v. Tre Hargett, Tennessee Secretary of State, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-11-06 Denied Response Waived ballot-access elector-candidates electoral-college first-amendment fourteenth-amendment presidential-election Is not States ' premature adjudication of qualifications of Elector Candidates ' Pledged Candidates unconstitutional and violation of the foundational…
25-301 Frank Marshall, et ux. v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-09-16 Denied Response Waived ballot-access electoral-college first-amendment fourteenth-amendment presidential-qualifications state-election-law For the first time in the history of the United States, a State violated the foundational principles of the Electoral College by removing bona fide Pr…
25A69 Nicholas Lupo, et al. v. Tre Hargett, Tennessee Secretary of State, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-07-17 Presumed Complete ballot-access election-law electoral-college first-amendment fourteenth-amendment presidential-eligibility Question not identified.
23-486 Sidney Powell, et al. v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-11-08 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure electoral-college first-amendment petition petition-clause rule-11 safe-harbor sanctions The Sixth Circuit upheld large joint-and-several monetary sanctions and bar-referral sanctions under Rule 11(c)(2) for a complaint against Michigan's …
23-94 Garret Miller v. United States District of Columbia 2023-08-01 GVR Relisted (3) congressional-proceedings criminal-law criminal-statute electoral-certification electoral-college intent-element mens-rea obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation Whether the obstruction-of-justice offenses in 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c) cover only acts that affect the integrity or availability of evidence, or whether t…
20-1510 Louis Tafuto v. Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., et al. Second Circuit 2021-04-28 Denied Response Waived civil-rights electoral-college equal-protection free-speech gerrymandering injury-in-fact standing vote-dilution voting-rights 1. Is a diluted vote an injury-in-fact when Plaintiff is in a "packed" Electoral College district (New York) in a U.S. federal election? 2. Are the r…
20-1100 Paul Rodriguez, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) electoral-college equal-protection first-amendment political-parties presidential-election summary-affirmance vote-dilution voting-rights Petitioners are two California Republicans and two non-profit organizations who have alleged their votes for President and Vice President are diluted …
20-858 In Re Tyler Bowyer, et al. 2020-12-29 Denied 42-U.S.C.-1983 constitutional-rights due-process election-fraud elections electoral-college equal-protection fraud presidential-electors standing A. Whether presidential electors have standing to challenge the outcome of a presidential election for fraud and illegality that cause the defeat of t…
20-859 In Re William Feehan 2020-12-29 Denied Response Waived 42-U.S.C.-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process election-fraud elections electoral-college electors equal-protection presidential-electors standing A. Whether presidential electors have standing to challenge the outcome of a presidential election for fraud and illegality that cause the defeat of t…
20-809 Kelli Ward v. Constance Jackson, et al. Arizona 2020-12-15 Denied ballot-inspection civil-rights due-process election electoral-college electoral-count-act fourteenth-amendment presidential-electors standing state-courts voting-rights I. Does the Electoral Count Act (inclusive of 3 U.S.C. § 5, the "safe harbor" statute) impose unconstitutional deadlines on state courts' final determ…
20-816 In Re Coreco Ja'Qan Pearson, et al. 2020-12-15 Denied Response Waived due-process election-fraud electoral-college equal-protection fraud illegality presidential-election section-1983 standing standing-doctrine A. Do presidential electors have standing to challenge the outcome of a presidential election for fraud and illegality that cause the defeat of their …
19-518 Colorado Department of State v. Micheal Baca, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-10-21 Judgment Issued Amici (12)Relisted (2) article-ii civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights due-process elections electoral-college federalism popular-vote presidential-electors standing standing-presidential-electors-state-officers state-law twelfth-amendment 1. Whether a presidential elector who is prevented by their appointing State from casting an Electoral College ballot that violates state law lacks st…
19-465 Peter B. Chiafalo, Levi Jennet Guerra, and Esther Virginia John v. Washington Washington 2019-10-09 Judgment Issued Amici (3)Relisted (3) civil-rights constitutional-discretion constitutional-rights due-process electoral-college first-amendment presidential-election presidential-electors standing state-law voting voting-rights A Washington State law threatens a fine for presidential electors who vote contrary to how the law directs. RCW 29A.56.340 (2016). Petitioners are thr…
19-338 In Re Peter Appel, et al. 2019-09-13 Denied Response Waived 24th-amendment 26th-amendment all-writs-act all-writs-act-28-usc-1651a congressional-certification congressional-jurisdiction constitutional-review electoral-certification electoral-college justiciability presidential-election standing stare-decisis voter-disenfranchisement voter-injury 1. Whether this Court has the "other jurisdiction" (pursuant to Rule 20 of Part 4 of the Supreme Court rules) to grant the within petition for an ap…
19-275 Frederic C. Schultz v. John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-30 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process electoral-college equal-protection equal-suffrage international-law international-treaties presidential-election treaty-law voting-rights 1. Do citizens of the United States of America have the right to "equal and universal suffrage"? 2. Do we have the right to be governed by whom we el…
18-409 Lewis Y. Liu v. Paul Ryan, et al. Second Circuit 2018-10-02 Denied Response Waived 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 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…