A.P. offers this report from Arizona. The opinion is here. Thanks to Steven Reyes for the links.

Dan Weintraub has posted this very interesting item on his blog. (See this announcement at the IGS website.) Meanwhile, the debate over Kos’s support of Prop. 77 continues.

My ability to add comments has already paid off. In response to my earlier post, “Are We All Chuck Schumer now?”, a reader used the comments feature to comment on something very interesting in Ms. Mier’s questionnaire to the… Continue reading

I have received only the fourth (and final) portion of the court’s 123 page opinion and order. It is too large to post. In the part I have seen, the court holds that the Georgia plan constitutes an unconstitutional poll… Continue reading

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel offers this report.

See this news from California about a new ADA lawsuit.

The San Jose Mercury News offers this report.

This is the strongest evidence yet that conservatives will no longer be able to disagree with Democrats such as Sen. Charles Schumer who contend that ideology is a legitimate criterion for Senators to consider in deciding whether to support or… Continue reading

See this AP report. In addition, I think the request for a 25-year extension is likely an opening number, and if it actually made it through could well undermine Section 5’s constitutionality in the Supreme Court. Remember, comments are… Continue reading

Give it a try if you have something to add. Comments should be forwarded to me for approval, so that I can keep spam out.

The Cincinnati Enquirer offers this report, which begins: “U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Westwood, is chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Constitution, which begins reviewing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on Tuesday. The subcommittee expects to hold up… Continue reading

Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required), which begins: “With a Federal Election Commission ruling in place allowing them to raise soft money, Ohio Republican lawmakers have begun trolling for several hundred thousand dollars in hopes of defeating a… Continue reading

Eliza Newlin Carney offers this “Rules of the Game” column at National Journal on the two campaign finance cases the Supreme Court will hear in 2006. Meanwhile BNA reports (paid subscription required) that “In an unusual alliance, two prominent Democratic… Continue reading

Michael A. Carrier has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming St. John’s Law Review). Here is the abstract: The 2000 presidential election had a searing effect on this nation. Few who witnessed the events in Florida could displace the images… Continue reading