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Sixth Circuit Addresses Tension in Supreme Court Legislator-Standing Authority

In Lindsey v. Whitmer, No. 24-1413 (6th Cir. Dec. 20, 2024), the Sixth Circuit struggled to reconcile two lines of Supreme Court authority about the standing of state legislators to bring federal-court lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of a state law. “The Michigan Constitution . . . . empowers citizens to amend the state constitution directlyContinue reading “Sixth Circuit Addresses Tension in Supreme Court Legislator-Standing Authority”

Split Sixth Circuit Panel Holds That State Legislature Has Standing to Challenge Injunction of State Election Law

In Priorities USA v. Nessel, No. 20-1931 (6th Cir. Oct. 21, 2020), a 2-1 panel of the Sixth Circuit holds that the Michigan Legislature had standing to seek an emergency stay of a preliminary injunction of state election law when the state’s attorney general refrained from defending it. “Three voter-advocacy organizations challenged” a law “mandatingContinue reading “Split Sixth Circuit Panel Holds That State Legislature Has Standing to Challenge Injunction of State Election Law”