618 F. Supp. 2d 142 - Block v. Mollis’s Empirical Analysis
2009
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3 district ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2201 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Reynolds v. Sims · Williams v. Rhodes · Anderson v. Celebrezze · eBay Inc. v. MERCEXCHANGE, LL
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“This test prompts the Court back and forth on a sliding scale, where the applicable level of scrutiny corresponds to the constitutional burden: the lighter the burden, the more forgiving the scrutiny; the heavier the burden, the more exacting the review. When a law imposes only reasonable, nondiscriminatory restrictions on individual rights, the burden is slight, and the State’s regulatory interests are, in the normal course, sufficient to justify the constitutional restraint. Burdick, 504 U.S. at 434 , 112 S.Ct. 2059 . However, if the restrictions are severe, the burden is great, and the law must be narrowly drawn to advance a “state interest of compelling importance.” Norman [v. Reed], 502 U.S. [279,] 289, 112 S.Ct. 698 [ 116 L.Ed.2d 711 (1992) ].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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