Election law professor Rick Hasen has posted a scholarly article that anyone may read on-line. Here is a link to the synopsis. It says that the U.S. Supreme Court took fewer election law cases in the 2001-2010 decade than in any previous decade since the 1950’s.
Gee – what happened in the 1960s after the dull 1950s —
1962-1964 Gerrymander Cases by the truckload — messed up
1968 Williams v. Rhodes – ballot access — messed up
2011 Still paying the price for the messed up cases.