On April 28, the Sixth Circuit issued an 18-page opinion in Russell v Lundergan-Grimes, 14-6262, holding that Kentucky’s 300 foot “no political speech” zone around polling places on election day is too large. The U.S. District Court had come to the same conclusion last year.
In 1992 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s 100-foot zone. In 2004, the Sixth Circuit had ruled that Kentucky’s 500-foot zone was too large. Kentucky then amended the law to 300 feet, but that amendment wasn’t good enough. The decision is by Judge Alie Batchelder, a Bush Sr. appointee; it is co-signed by two Bush Jr. appointees, David McKeague and Richard Griffin. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
The opinion has lots of the JUNK adjectives and adverbs that have been dreamed up out of thin air by the SCOTUS robot party hacks since the 1960s.
— one more ad hoc case.
What sane person sees ANY distance stuff in the 1st Amdt ???
How many ZILLION TONS of junk stuff is dumped in the trash at enterances to polling places ???