http://electionlawblog.org/ Rick Hasen's web log]]> en-us 2010-03-16T12:58:31-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015503.html Politico on Deem and Pass. Does anyone really believe that if Dems used this procedural maneuver, that it would help any vulnerable Democratic incumbents criticized in their vote for HCR? I guess so, or otherwise they wouldn't be monkeying around... Rick Hasen 2010-03-16T12:58:31-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015502.html Sam Stein reports.... Rick Hasen 2010-03-16T11:26:23-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015501.html See this ACLU press release.... Rick Hasen 2010-03-16T11:16:25-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015500.html Jason Rathod has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) was enacted "to foster our transformation to a society that is no longer fixated on race." Georgia v. Ashcroft, 539 U.S.... Rick Hasen 2010-03-16T10:39:09-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015499.html CRS has issued a report, "Legislative Options After Citizens United v. FEC: Constitutional and Legal Issues." Ciara Torres-Spelliscy has written this Roll Call oped, "Shareholder Consent is Key in Political Spending." The CLC Blog offers Three Scenarios Now Possible on... Rick Hasen 2010-03-16T10:26:49-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015498.html A very interesting opinion, and certainly not the last word on the subject (if the proponents of the recall collect enough signatures).... Rick Hasen 2010-03-16T10:18:26-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015497.html See here. Has the Democratic Party lost its tongue?... Rick Hasen 2010-03-15T21:41:07-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015496.html David Gans blogs.... Rick Hasen 2010-03-15T21:38:09-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015495.html Speaker Pelosi likes it. Jack Balkin gives a constitutional way out, but one that requires the House to take political responsibility for signing the bill.... Rick Hasen 2010-03-15T21:34:53-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015494.html "Buck up, Mr. Chief Justice. Occasionally there are some things you really need to hear." ---LWV President Mary Wilson, in this WaPo Letter to the Editor on the CU-SOTU controversy.... Rick Hasen 2010-03-15T10:02:49-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015493.html Don't miss this analysis by Judge McConnell. For those who don't know, Michael McConnell (now at Stanford, and formerly a 10th Circuit judge) is one of the smartest constitutional scholars in the U.S. He's not ideologue (despite the fact that... Rick Hasen 2010-03-15T09:09:28-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015492.html Council Member Ben Hueso for the city. Joe La Rue [corrected name], attorney for plaintiffs, for the plaintiffs. [Disclosure: I am co-counsel for the City in this matter.]... Rick Hasen 2010-03-15T09:03:40-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015491.html AP offers Legislatures Push Back Against Campaign Ruling. Jeff Toobin's New Yorker article on Justice Stevens contains the following paragraph: "I asked him if the center of gravity had moved to the right since he became a Justice. 'There's no... Rick Hasen 2010-03-15T07:34:27-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015490.html Eliza's latest.... Rick Hasen 2010-03-15T07:21:28-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/015489.html The San Diego Union-Tribune offers this report. [Disclosure: I am co-counsel for the City of San Diego in this matter, which is currently on appeal to the Ninth Circuit.]... Rick Hasen 2010-03-14T21:33:15-08:00