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Rick Hasen's web log]]>en-us2009-01-08T09:04:26-08:00A Summary of the Burris Legal Issues
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/012786.html
Here, at "Point of Order."...Rick Hasen2009-01-08T09:04:26-08:00"Settling Coleman-Franken contest: Lessons from 1962-63 recount "
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/012785.html
Ned Foley has written this oped for the Minn. Post....Rick Hasen2009-01-08T09:02:33-08:00Why Coleman's Chances Aren't Good, But He Has Every Right to Pursue Them
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/012784.html
A must read. And at first glance, at least, I like the idea of provisionally seating Franken with a promise to switch to Coleman if that's where the Minnesota courts end up (meaning no independent investigation in the Senate)....Rick Hasen2009-01-07T14:38:20-08:00"FEC Chairman Outlines Priorities, Money Needs"
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/012783.html
CQ Politics offers this report....Rick Hasen2009-01-07T14:24:17-08:00"The Constitutional Requirement to Seat the Senator from Illinois: Upholding the Rule of Law"
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/012782.html
Hans von Spakovsky has written this paper for the Heritage Foundation....Rick Hasen2009-01-07T14:21:09-08:00"Topic A: What About Minnesota?"
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/012781.html
The Washington Post oped page posted this forum, described as follows: "The Post asked election law experts and political scientists for lessons from the Senate contest between Norm Coleman and Al Franken. Below are thoughts from Jan Witold Baran, Robert...Rick Hasen2009-01-07T09:43:26-08:00Jim Bopp Out in Citizens United Case
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/012780.html
Wow. I recall how during McConnell v. FEC Jim Bopp was pushed to the sidelines by others who were controlling the consolidated litigation. Since then, Bopp has had an amazing run in campaign finance cases before the newly-sympathetic Roberts Court....Rick Hasen2009-01-07T09:38:39-08:00Looks Like Burris Will Be Seated
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/012779.html
See here and here....Rick Hasen2009-01-07T09:27:05-08:00"Viewpoint: Voter Confidence in the Age of Post-HAVA Reform"
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/012778.html
Andrew Rubenstein has written this interesting column for the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project....Rick Hasen2009-01-07T09:21:54-08:00Still More Comments to the FEC
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/012777.html
Robert Kelner (more to come?) Bob Bauer comments on the earlier submissions....Rick Hasen2009-01-07T09:18:28-08:00"Should Burris Be Seated?"
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/012776.html
Frank Askin is ambivalent. Sen. Feinstein is not....Rick Hasen2009-01-06T15:39:50-08:00"Coleman says he's challenging Senate result"
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/012775.html
The Star-Tribune offers this news update....Rick Hasen2009-01-06T13:38:42-08:00Capterton v. Massey]]>
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/012774.html
See here....Rick Hasen2009-01-06T09:48:59-08:00More Comments to FEC
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/012773.html
Center for Competitive Politics Larry Norton and Jim Kahl Hans von Spakovsky Caplin & Drysdale (more to come)...Rick Hasen2009-01-06T09:45:02-08:00"New Life for 527s? FEC Deadlocks Over Chamber of Commerce Spin-Off "
http://electionlawblog.org/archives/012772.html
This post appears at "Political GPS" (Larry Norton and Jim Kahl)....Rick Hasen2009-01-06T09:42:42-08:00