Lyle Denniston reported at SCOTUSBlog: “The Supreme Court, altering its usual agenda, will issue one or more opinions in argued cases on Monday of next week, as well as on the more normal days of Tuesday and Wednesday, according to… Continue reading
Cincinnati Enquirer:
Republican lawmakers want anyone who goes to court to keep polls open longer on Election Day to hand over enough cash to cover the cost.
Ohio Sen. Bill Seitz is proposing a change in state law that… Continue reading
Dave Helling for the KC Star:
Eric and Ivanka Trump learned this week they won’t be able to vote for their dad, Donald, in New York’s primary Tuesday. They didn’t register as Republicans in time.
Trump was philosophical. “They were,… Continue reading
Sari Horwitz for WaPo:
The Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign will sue the state of Arizona over voter access to the polls after the state’s presidential primary last month left thousands of residents waiting as long as five… Continue reading
David Savage for the LAT:
Seemingly untouched by numerous legal defeats, the voter ID law serves as an example of how difficult it can be to halt potentially discriminatory voting rules in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision… Continue reading
Must-read Ari Berman:
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker said his state’s strict new voter ID requirement worked “just fine” in the April 5 primary, but thousands of Wisconsinites were unable to cast a ballot because of the new law.… Continue reading
I have posted this draft in progress (forthcoming, in Japanese translation, in America-ho (Biannual journal of the Japanese American Society for Legal Studies) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This Essay, based on a keynote address prepared for delivery at… Continue reading
The Onion offers a list of pro’s (including “Less time-consuming form of discrimination than literacy test”) and cons (“Doesn’t completely eliminate possibility of undesirable populations from voting”).