Category Archives: Supreme Court
Must-Read @AdamLiptak Sidebar Column on Reed v. Town of Gilbert…
and how this new #SCOTUS case is messing with First Amendment doctrine in many areas, including election law.
My Reuters Opinion commentary on one of those cases will post shortly.
“The McCain-Feingold Act May Doom Itself”
I have written this oped for the National Law Journal. It begins:
Did the congressional drafters of the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law build within it the seeds for its own destruction?
Tucked within the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (the formal… Continue reading
Josh Douglas and Michael Solimine Write Amicus Brief on Three-Judge Courts in Shapiro v. McManus Case at SCOTUS
You can read it here.
These are the two leading election law scholars who write about election law procedure.
“Virginia ex-governor’s corruption case on way to Court”
Lyle Denniston:
One of the highest-profile political corruption cases in years will soon be on its way to the Supreme Court. Lawyers for former Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell told a federal appeals court on Thursday that they will… Continue reading
“Dispute Over Voter Guide Headed to Supreme Court”
CCP:
The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP), America’s largest non-profit dedicated to protecting political free speech rights, issued the following statement in reaction to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in the case of Delaware Strong Families v.… Continue reading
“Inside John Roberts’ Decades-Long Crusade Against the Voting Rights Act”
Ari Berman writes for Politico Magazine, excerpt from his new book.
Also don’t miss ELB Podcast: Episode 1, my interview with Ari.
“Voting Discrimination Still Exists, So How Did Chief Justice Roberts Unravel the VRA?”
“The Real Voter Fraud is Texas’ Voter ID Law”
“Roberts’ iffy support for voting rights”
Here is my 2005 LA Times oped on Chief Justice Roberts’ role in working for the Reagan administration against the expansion of the Voting Rights Act in 1982 (the expansion which created Section 2 as we know it today, which… Continue reading
“How to Save the Voting Rights Act”
[bumping to the top for today’s 50th anniversary of the VRA; see also my coverage of yesterday’s very important 5th Circuit Texas voter id ruling.]
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
In 2010, the Simpsons featured a … Continue reading
“Texas voter ID law ruled invalid — in part”
Lyle Denniston:
Acting one day before the fiftieth anniversary of the nation’s most important voting rights law, a federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that Texas will be barred from enforcing at least part of its four-year-old law that… Continue reading
“Celebrating one of the Voting Rights Act’s many anniversaries”
Brianne Gorod at Constitution Daily.
“The Voting Rights Umbrella”
President Bill Clinton essay in the Yale Law and Policy Review.