Major Pending Election Cases | Watson v. Republican National Committee

SCOTUS Watchlist:

Yes

Filing Date:

June 6, 2025

Status:

pending

State:

Mississippi

Most Recent Court:

United States Supreme Court (24-1260)

Issue(s):

Whether the federal election-day statutes, 2 U.S.C. § 7, 2 U.S.C. § 1, and 3 U.S.C. § 1, preempt a state law that allows ballots that are cast by federal election day to be received by election officials after that day.

Case Progress:

Court Opinion (10/25/24)
Court Judgment (10/25/24)
Petition for Writ of Cert filed by Appellants (06/06/25)
Supreme Court Order Granting Petition for Writ of Cert filed by Appellee Watson (11/10/25)

District Court Documents

Complaint (01/26/24)
Order Consolidating Cases (03/01/24)
Answer to Complaint (03/14/24)
Alliance for Retired Americans, etc. Motion for Summary Judgment-Entry 61 (03/26/24)
Libertarian Party Motion for Summary Judgment-Entry 55 (03/26/24)
Watson Motion for Summary Judgment-Entry 51 (03/26/24)
Watson Motion for Summary Judgment-Entry 53 (03/26/24)
Memorandum in Opposition of Entry 55 MSJ filed by Watson (04/09/24)
Response in Opposition to Entry 51, 64, 63, and 61 MSJs filed by Lamb, etc. (04/09/24)
Response in Opposition to Entry 53, and 61 MSJs filed by Libertarian Party (04/09/24)
Response in Opposition to Entry 55 MSJ filed by Alliance for Retired Americans (04/09/24)
Response in Support of Response in Opposition to Entry 55 Motion, Response in Opposition to 58 Motion filed by Mississippi Alliance for Retired Americans (04/09/24)
Response in Opposition to Entry 55 MSJ by Christene Brice, etc. (04/10/24)
Brief of Amicus Curiae by United States of America (04/11/24)
Notice of Supplemental Authority by Alliance for Retired Americans (07/22/24)
Order Granting Entry 51, 53, 61, 63, 64 MSJs, and Denying Entry 55, 58 MSJs (07/28/24)pdf
Final Judgment (07/29/24)
Notice of Appeal by Libertarian Party (08/02/24)
Notice of Appeal by Matthew Lamb (8/02/24)

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Documents

Appellant's Brief Filed by Libertarian Party of Mississippi (08/16/24)
Appellant's Brief filed by Matthew Lamb (08/16/24)
Amicus Brief filed by Public Interest Legal Foundation (08/23/24)
Amicus Brief Filed by DNC (09/09/24)
Unopposed Motion by Disability Rights Mississippi and Women Voters of Mississippi to file Amicus Brief (09/09/24)
Appellee's Brief filed by Mississippi Alliance for Retired Americans and Vet Voice Foundation (09/09/24)
Appellee's Brief filed by Michael Watson (09/09/24)
Amicus Brief Filed by United States (09/10/24)
Amicus Brief filed by States (09/11/24)
Appellant's Reply Brief (09/16/24)
Appellant’s Reply Brief Filed by Libertarian Party of Mississippi (09/16/24)
Court Opinion (10/25/24)
Court Judgment (10/25/24)
Amicus Brief filed by Public Rights Project (11/22/24)
Response in Opposition to Petition for Rehearing (12/02/24)
Response in Opposition to Petition for Rehearing Filed by libertarian Party of Mississippi (12/02/24)
Court Order Denying Petition for Rehearing En Banc (03/14/25)
Petition for Rehearing En Banc (11/08/25)
Supreme Court Order Granting Petition for Writ of Cert filed by Appellee Watson (11/10/25)

U.S. Supreme Court Documents

Petition for Writ of Cert filed by Appellants (06/06/25)
Brief of Respondents Vet Voice Foundation (07/10/25)
Amici Curiae Brief for the District of Columbia (07/10/25)
Amici Curiae Brief of Center for Election Confidence (07/10/25)
Brief of Respondents Republican National Committee (08/11/25)
Brief of Respondent Libertarian Party of Mississippi (08/11/25)
Reply Brief of Petitioner Watson (08/25/25)