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Daniel Richard v. Kelly Ayotte, Governor of New Hampshire, et al.
Paid petition · Supreme Court of New Hampshire, No. 2025-0297 · judgment January 13, 2026
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Question presented
Question 1 - Meaningful Judicial Review: Whether the New Hampshire Supreme Court denied meaningful judicial review under the Elections Clause and Qualifications Clauses of the U.S. Constitution, in violation of Moore v. Harper, 600 U.S. 1 (2023), by declaring N.H. Const, pt. II, art. 32 “silent” on the method of ballot counting expressly required by that provision and by disregarding its own binding precedent in Fischer v. Governor, 145 N.H. 28 (2000). Question 2 - Vote Dilution: Whether the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, as interpreted in Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000), and Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 (1964), is violated when a state court
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Daniel Richard
For respondent
Michael J. Tierney
Wadleigh, Starr & Peters, PLLC
Case
Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jul 29 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jul 29 2026Reply of petitioner Daniel Richard filed. (Distributed)
- Jul 14 2026Brief of respondents Town of Auburn, et al. in opposition filed.
- Apr 08 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 16, 2026)