You can find six amicus briefs supporting the winning side of the Second Circuit Sorrell case here. Usually, of course, the side that wins in the Court of Appeals opposes a grant of cert. But for years it has… Continue reading

I received the following announcement via e-mail:

Allison Hayward offers this analysis.

Following up on this post, see here.

The Los Angeles Daily News offers this report, which begins: “Building on the strategy President George W. Bush used to lure record numbers of voters to the polls last year, California Republicans are poised to deploy a volunteer army… Continue reading

NVRI has posted this press release on the Vermont spending limits case. It begins: “- A broad coalition of United States Senators, state attorneys general, former US Senators Bill Bradley and Alan Simpson, and others filed a series of legal… Continue reading

Sheryl McCarthy offers this column in Newsday on the pending en banc rehearing in Muntaqim v. Coombe, a felon disenfranchisment case being heard by the Second Circuit.

See here. See also this A.P. report these comments at Red State, and this C|NET News report.

Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required).

Roll Call offers this very interesting report (paid subscription required). A snippet: A White House spokesman said he was unfamiliar with the Wal-Mart letter and referred comments about voting rights to a Jan. 31, 2005, transcript in which Scott McClellan… Continue reading

A.P. offers this report, which begins: “King County’s election superintendent is leaving his post following a court challenge of November election results that revealed problems with the voting process in the state’s most populous county. Bill Huennekens will step… Continue reading

Here is the text of the Roll Call oped by FEC Commissioner Michael Toner that I linked to earlier (reprinted with permission): Pass Pence-Wynn So We Can Fix Coordinated Expenditures By Michael E. Toner Special to Roll Call June 15,… Continue reading

See this A.P. report. He plans to return to law teaching at Capital University Law School in Ohio. Here is the FEC press release. If I can find a link to the resignation letter, I’ll post it. UPDATE: The… Continue reading

The Toledo Blade offers this report, which begins: “Nearly five years after the 2000 election chaos, angry citizen groups are still storming Capitol Hill demanding change, task forces and special commissions are still churning out reports on fraud, and… Continue reading