No. 25-1017
 
Title: Republican National Committee, Petitioner
v.
Mi Familia Vota, et al.
Docketed: February 24, 2026
Linked with: 25A673
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (24-3188, 24-3559, 24-4029)
   Decision Date: February 25, 2025
   Rehearing Denied: September 22, 2025
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Dec 05 2025 Application (25A673) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 21, 2025 to February 19, 2026, submitted to Justice Kagan.
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Dec 09 2025 Application (25A673) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 19, 2026.
Feb 19 2026 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 26, 2026)
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Mar 16 2026 Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 26, 2026 to May 26, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
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Mar 17 2026 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 26, 2026, for all respondents.
Mar 26 2026 Brief amici curiae of Professor Michael T. Morley, et al. in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
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Mar 26 2026 Brief amici curiae of Kansas, et al. filed. VIDED.
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Mar 26 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Federation for American Immigration Reform filed. VIDED.
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Mar 26 2026 Brief amici curiae of Center for Election Confidence, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED.
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Mar 26 2026 Brief amici curiae of Arizona Free Enterprise Club, et al. filed. VIDED.
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May 26 2026 Brief of respondent United States in support filed. VIDED
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May 26 2026 Brief of respondents Democratic National Committee, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
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May 26 2026 Brief of respondents Arizona Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander for Equity Coalition, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED
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May 26 2026 Brief of respondents Mi Familia Vota, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
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May 29 2026 Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
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Jun 02 2026 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2026.
Jun 03 2026 Reply of petitioner Republican National Committee filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
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Jun 22 2026 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2026.
Jun 29 2026 Petition GRANTED.
Jul 17 2026 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Jul 17 2026 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Republican National Committee.
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Jul 20 2026 Motion to extend the time to file briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 28, 2026. The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including October 13, 2026.
Aug 28 2026 Brief of petitioner Republican National Committee filed.
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Aug 28 2026 Brief of respondent United States in support of petitioner filed.
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Aug 28 2026 Brief of respondents Warren Petersen, President of the Arizona Senate, et al. in support of petitioner filed.
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Aug 28 2026 Brief of respondents Arizona, et al. in partial support of petitioner filed.
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Sep 03 2026 Brief amicus curiae of America First Policy Institute filed.
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Sep 03 2026 Brief amici curiae of Center for Election Confidence, Inc., et al. filed.
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Sep 04 2026 Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Sep 04 2026 Amicus brief of Arizona Senator Jake Hoffman not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - September 11, 2026)
Sep 04 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Arizona Senator Jake Hoffman filed. (Corrected)
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Sep 04 2026 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, December 8, 2026.
Sep 04 2026 Brief amicus curiae of U.S. House of Representatives filed.
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Sep 04 2026 Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc., et al. filed.
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Sep 04 2026 Brief amici curiae of Professor Michael T. Morley, et al. in support of neither party filed.
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Sep 04 2026 Brief amici curiae of American Center for Law and Justice, et al. filed.
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Sep 04 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Federation for American Immigration Reform filed.
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Sep 04 2026 Brief amicus curiae of American Legislative Exchange Council filed.
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Sep 04 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed.
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Sep 04 2026 Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.
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Sep 04 2026 Brief amici curiae of Kansas, et al. filed.
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Sep 04 2026 Brief amici curiae of Ten Secretaries of State, et al. filed.
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Sep 04 2026 Brief amicus curiae of The Foundation for Government Accountability filed.
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Sep 04 2026 Brief amici curiae of Secretary of State of Mississippi, et al. filed.
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Sep 04 2026 Brief amicus curiae of The Claremont Institute’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
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Sep 04 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Advance Colorado filed.
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Sep 18 2026 CIRCULATED
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioner
Gilbert Charles Dickey
Counsel of Record
Consovoy McCarthy, PLLC
1600 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209

gilbert@consovoymccarthy.com
Ph: (703) 243-9423
Party name: Republican National Committee


Attorneys for Respondents
Joshua David Rothenberg Bendor
Counsel of Record
Office of the Arizona Attorney General
2005 N. Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004

joshua.bendor@azag.gov
Ph: (602) 542-8958
Party name: State of Arizona and Its Attorney General


David Robert Fox
Counsel of Record
Elias Law Group LLP
250 Massachusetts Ave NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20001

DFOX@ELIAS.LAW
Ph: 202-968-4490
Party name: Mi Familia Vota and Voto Latino


Kory Alan Langhofer
Counsel of Record
Statecraft PLLC
649 North Fourth Avenue, First Floor
Phoenix, AZ 85003

KORY@STATECRAFTLAW.COM
Ph: (602) 382-4078
Party name: Warren Petersen, President of the Arizona Senate, and Steve Montenegro, Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives


Hashim M. Mooppan
Counsel of Record
Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20530

lois.freeman@usdoj.gov
Ph: 202-514-2201
Party name: United States of America


Melissa Arbus Sherry
Counsel of Record
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 Eleventh Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004

MELISSA.SHERRY@LW.COM
Ph: 202-637-3386
Party name: Arizona Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander for Equity Coalition


Seth P. Waxman
Counsel of Record
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
2100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20037

SETH.WAXMAN@WILMERHALE.COM
Ph: (202) 663-6000
Party name: Democratic National Committee and Arizona Democratic Party


Niyati Shah
Asian Americans Advancing Justice-AAJC
1620 L Street NW, Suite 1050
Washington, DC 20036

NSHAH@ADVANCINGJUSTICE-AAJC.ORG
Ph: 2028151098
Party name: Arizona Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander for Equity Coalition


Daniel Stephen Volchok
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
2100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037

DANIEL.VOLCHOK@WILMERHALE.COM
Ph: (202) 663-6103
Party name: Democratic National Committee and Arizona Democratic Party


Other Attorneys
Matthew B. Berry
Counsel of Record
Office of General Counsel
U.S. House of Representatives
5140 O’Neill House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

matthew.berry@mail.house.gov
Ph: (202) 225-9700
Party name: U.S. House Of Representatives


Kristine Lee Brown
Counsel of Record
Attorney At Law
6501 E. Belleview Ave.
Ste. 375
Denver, CO 80111

kbb@advancecolorado.org
Ph: 720-285-9552
Party name: Advance Colorado


Dwight Rlyn Carswell
Counsel of Record
Kansas Attorney General's Office
120 SW 10th Ave., 2nd Floor
Topeka, KS 66612

DWIGHT.CARSWELL@AG.KS.GOV
Ph: (785) 296-2215
Party name: KANSAS, ALABAMA, AND 24 OTHER STATES


David Jonathan Craig
Counsel of Record
Foundation for Government Accountability
15275 Collier Blvd., Suite 201
Naples, FL 34119

dcraig@thefga.org
Ph: 2392448808
Party name: The Foundation for Government Accountability


Allen Joseph Dickerson
Counsel of Record
Baker & Hostetler LLP
1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036

adickerson@bakerlaw.com
Ph: (202) 861-1507
Party name: Ten Secretaries of State and the Republican State Leadership Committee


Dominic Emil Draye
Counsel of Record
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
2101 L Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20037

drayed@gtlaw.com
Ph: 2023313100
Party name: Arizona Free Enterprise Club and Arizona Liberty Network


Alexander Hunt Haberbush
Counsel of Record
Constitutional Counsel Group
444 W. Ocean Blvd., Ste. 1403
Long Beach, CA 90802

jeastman@ccg1776.com
Ph: 5624359062
Party name: The Claremont Institute’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence


Christopher J. Hajec
Counsel of Record
Federation for American Immigration Reform
25 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 330
Washington, DC 20001

chajec@fairus.org
Ph: 202-328-7004
Party name: Federation for American Immigration Reform


Alexander Michael del Rey Kolodin
Counsel of Record
Kolodin Law Group PLLC
4105 N. 20th St
Ste 110
Phoenix, AZ 85012

Alexander.Kolodin@KolodinLaw.com
Ph: (602) 730-2985
Party name: Arizona Senator Jake Hoffman


Mark P. Meuser
Counsel of Record
Chalmers, Adams, Backer & Wallen, LLC
1024 Bayside Drive, #412
Newport Beach, CA 92660

mmeuser@chalmersadams.com
Ph: 714-982-4374
Party name: American Legislative Exchange Council


Christopher E. Mills
Counsel of Record
Spero Law LLC
557 East Bay Street #22251
Charleston, SC 29413

cmills@spero.law
Ph: 8436060640
Party name: Center for Election Confidence, Inc., Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections, Inc., and Honest Elections Project


Michael T. Morley
Counsel of Record
Florida State University Election Law Center
425 W. Jefferson Street
Talahassee, FL 32306

mmorley@law.fsu.edu
Ph: 8607783883
Party name: Professor Michael T. Morley and Florida State University Election Law Center


T. Russell Nobile
Counsel of Record
Judicial Watch, Inc.
P.O. Box 6592
Gulfport, Mississippi, MS 39506

Rnobile@judicialwatch.org
Ph: (202) 527-9866
Party name: Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation


William Jeffrey Olson
Counsel of Record
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180

WJO@MINDSPRING.COM
Ph: 7033565070
Party name: America's Future, Citizens United, Citizens United Foundation, The Presidential Coalition, LLC, Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund


Michael James O'Neill
Counsel of Record
Landmark Legal Foundation
19415 Deerfield Ave. Suite 312
Leesburg, VA 20176

MIKE@LANDMARKLEGAL.ORG
Ph: 703-554-6100
Party name: Landmark Legal Foundation


Anthony John Powell
Counsel of Record
Office of the Kansas Attorney General
120 SW 10th Avenue, 2nd Floor
Topeka, KS 66612

ANTHONY.POWELL@AG.KS.GOV
Ph: 785-296-2215
Party name: Kansas, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia


Jay Alan Sekulow
Counsel of Record
American Center for Law and Justice
201 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002

sekulow@aclj.org
Ph: 2025468890
Party name: American Center for Law and Justice & Representative Eli Crane


Jason Brett Torchinsky
Counsel of Record
Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky Josefiak PLLC
2300 N Street, NW
Ste. 643
Washington, DC 20037

JTORCHINSKY@HOLTZMANVOGEL.COM
Ph: (202) 737-8808
Party name: Secretaries of State of Mississippi, Kentucky, and Nebraska


Nicholas Jeffrey Wanic
Counsel of Record
America First Policy Institute
1455 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 255
Washington, DC 20004

nwanic@americafirstpolicy.com
Ph: 779-396-0137
Party name: The America First Policy Institute