http://electionlawblog.org/ The law of politics and the politics of law: election law, campaign finance, legislation, voting rights, initiatives, redistricting, and the Supreme Court nomination process Rick Hasen's web log en-us Rick.Hasen@lls.edu 2009-07-02T10:52:58-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014039.html It has been a very busy period for the blog---November's election did not end until this week's Coleman-Franken decision. The Supreme Court's important ruling in Caperton, the judicial elections case, was followed by the Supreme Court's surprise ruling in NAMUDNO... 14039@http://electionlawblog.org/ 2009-07-02T10:52:58-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014038.html Brian Rice offers this commentary on Coleman-Franken at MPR.... 14038@http://electionlawblog.org/ 2009-07-02T10:39:37-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014037.html Paul Smith and Joshua Block have written this piece for law.com.... 14037@http://electionlawblog.org/ 2009-07-02T10:27:39-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014036.html The EAC has issued this press release.... 14036@http://electionlawblog.org/ 2009-07-02T10:15:33-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014035.html The WSJ offers this report.... 14035@http://electionlawblog.org/ 2009-07-02T10:11:08-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014034.html Very interesting. UPDATE: Well that was quick.... 14034@http://electionlawblog.org/ 2009-07-02T10:08:17-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014032.html Mark Shelden reports.... 14032@http://electionlawblog.org/ 2009-07-01T15:40:44-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014031.html Nate Persily sends along this guest post: Rick Pildes takes me to task for suggesting the Court might perpetually avoid the constitutional shortcomings of the coverage formula for the VRA. He mistakes my speculation and kremlinology of the Court for... 14031@http://electionlawblog.org/ vra renewal guest blogging 2009-07-01T14:46:13-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014030.html Ned Foley offers this well-deserved criticism of this morning's WSJ editorial on Coleman-Franken.... 14030@http://electionlawblog.org/ 2009-07-01T14:41:17-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014029.html CQ Politics offers this report.... 14029@http://electionlawblog.org/ 2009-07-01T14:34:51-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014028.html Rick Pildes sends along this guest post on NAMUDNO: In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to avoid resolving the constitutionality of Section 5 for now, some confusion has emerged about legal questions concerning the next challenge. In particular,... 14028@http://electionlawblog.org/ vra renewal guest blogging 2009-07-01T11:51:05-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014027.html Details here.... 14027@http://electionlawblog.org/ 2009-07-01T10:20:41-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014026.html See here.... 14026@http://electionlawblog.org/ 2009-07-01T10:18:34-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014025.html Following up on this post, a few readers have written to say that the Court would still have jurisdiction over the issue, pointing me to Stern and Gressman pointing out that the Court's rules are not jurisdictional, but prudential, and... 14025@http://electionlawblog.org/ 2009-07-01T09:47:27-08:00 http://electionlawblog.org/archives/014024.html Star Tribune Pioneer Press... 14024@http://electionlawblog.org/ 2009-07-01T09:14:48-08:00