Today in Supreme Court History: September 30

Lux v. Rodrigues, 561 U.S. 1306 (decided September 30, 2010): Roberts denies injunction requiring Virginia election officials to count Congressional candidate’s signatures; signatures had been held invalid because of statute requiring witness to signatures to be from same Congressional District as signers; statute would likely withstand scrutiny even in light of recent case law striking down various petition restrictions (Roberts was proven wrong; the 4th Circuit remanded to the District Court with instructions to evaluate State Interest implications, and the statute was struck down on First Amendment grounds, 842 F. Supp. 2d 895 (E.D. Va. 2012))