Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee

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United States Supreme Court case election law case voting rights case

Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee is a 2021 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed the scope of federal protections against voting discrimination, particularly under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

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Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. v. Democratic National Committee, et al.	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ election law case ⓘ voting rights case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	election administration ⓘ voting rights ⓘ
arguedDate	March 2, 2021 ⓘ
challengedLaw	Arizona ballot collection law (H.B. 2023) ⓘ Arizona out-of-precinct voting rule ⓘ
citation	594 U.S. ___ (2021) ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionConsidered	Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	July 1, 2021 ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy	Elena Kagan ⓘ
docketNumber	19-1257 ⓘ
effect	made it more difficult to challenge state voting regulations under federal law ⓘ narrowed the scope of Section 2 vote-denial claims ⓘ
fullName	Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. v. Democratic National Committee, et al.
holding	Arizona’s ballot collection law is not enacted with discriminatory intent in violation of the Fifteenth Amendment ⓘ Arizona’s out-of-precinct policy does not violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act ⓘ Arizona’s restrictions on third-party ballot collection do not violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act ⓘ
impactOn	federal protections against voting discrimination ⓘ
joinedByInDissent	Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer NERFINISHED ⓘ
joinedByInMajority	Amy Coney Barrett ⓘ Brett M. Kavanaugh ⓘ Clarence Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ John G. Roberts Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Neil M. Gorsuch ⓘ
jurisdictionType	appellate review ⓘ
languageOfOpinion	English ⓘ
legalIssue	interpretation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ validity of Arizona out-of-precinct voting policy ⓘ validity of Arizona third-party ballot collection restrictions ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Samuel A. Alito Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatingJurisdiction	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ⓘ
petitioner	Mark Brnovich ⓘ
petitionerRole	Attorney General ⓘ surface form: Attorney General of Arizona
relatedCase	Shelby County v. Holder ⓘ
relatedTopic	racial discrimination in voting ⓘ voter suppression ⓘ
respondent	Arizona Democratic Party ⓘ Democratic National Committee ⓘ
standardAnnounced	set guideposts for evaluating Section 2 vote-denial claims ⓘ
stateInvolved	Arizona ⓘ
statuteInterpreted	Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act ⓘ surface form: Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
term	October Term 2020 ⓘ
voteSplit	6–3 ⓘ

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