Category Archives: Department of Justice

Big News: Justin Levitt to DOJ

September 10, 2015, 7:18 pmDepartment of Justice, election law bizRick Hasen

My friend, co-blogger,and colleague Justin Levitt will be taking a leave from Loyola (and this blog) to take a position as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, with a focus on voting… Continue reading

An Academic Elegy

July 29, 2015, 10:53 amDepartment of Justice, election administration, election law and constitutional law, guest blogging election law scholarship, Uncategorized, Voting Rights ActSection 5, super statute, Voting Rights ActHeather Gerken

Guy-Urïel Charles and Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, have a new piece in the Iowa Law Review. I offered a commentary, here. Just to give you a flavor for the piece is, here’s a brief excerpt from my introduction, which offers a… Continue reading

“On eve of historic voter suppression trial, battle lines are drawn in NC-NAACP v McCrory (Part I)”

July 6, 2015, 2:53 pmDepartment of Justice, election administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

DocDawg at Daily Kos.

“DOJ Wants 4 Years in Jail for Consultant In Super PAC Campaign Coordination Case”

June 9, 2015, 8:22 amcampaign finance, chicanery, Department of JusticeRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA: The Justice Department is asking for a jail sentence of nearly four years for Tyler Harber, a Virginia political consultant who pleaded guilty to illegal coordination of campaign financing by a super political action committee and a congressional… Continue reading

“Watchdog Groups Urge DOJ to Name Special Outside Counsel to Investigate Legality of Bush Super PAC Scheme”

May 27, 2015, 7:36 amcampaign finance, Department of JusticeRick Hasen

Woof. More from WaPo.

“Feds probing alleged voting rights violations involving disabled Californians”

May 20, 2015, 6:18 pmDepartment of Justice, voters with disabilitiesRick Hasen

LAT: Federal authorities are investigating allegations that California and its courts are unlawfully denying voting rights to some intellectually disabled residents, according to documents released Wednesday. Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice in Sacramento have requested records from… Continue reading

“New Public-Corruption Chief Vows To Not Shy Away”

May 7, 2015, 1:37 pmDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

Carrie Johnson for NPR: “Veteran prosecutor Raymond Hulser has been promoted to lead the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section, the unit that goes after corrupt public officials including lawmakers, judges and military contractors.”

“DOJ: No contempt charges for former IRS official Lois Lerner; She is still under investigation for a separate tea party targeting matter”

April 1, 2015, 2:37 pmcampaign finance, Department of Justice, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

Politico reports.

DOJ’s Silence on the Wisconsin Voter ID Case Before SCOTUS

March 19, 2015, 8:09 amDepartment of Justice, election administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Linda Greenhouse joins the chorus of people calling for the Supreme Court to agree to hear Frank v. Walker, the Wisconsin voter id case, up for a Supreme Court conference vote on Friday. (I think it is very unlikely… Continue reading

“Republican Opposition to Lynch Might Make History”

March 13, 2015, 11:49 amDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

Roll Call reports.

“Campaign Manager Pleads Guilty to Coordinated Campaign Contributions and False Statements”

February 12, 2015, 4:01 pmcampaign finance, chicanery, Department of JusticeRick Hasen

DOJ press release: A campaign finance manager and political consultant pleaded guilty today in the Eastern District of Virginia for coordinating $325,000 in federal election campaign contributions by a political action committee (PAC) to a Congressional campaign committee. This… Continue reading