I earlier noted the 2d Circuit’s recent decision in Hayden v. Pakaki holding that section 2 of the Voting Rights Act does not reach felon disenfranchisement claims. The en banc decision featured 10 opinions, and I have now had a… Continue reading
NPR’s Fresh Air offered this interview with Boston Globe legal affair’s correspondent Charlie Savage on his very important article on President Bush’s unprecedented use of presidential signing statements. This is a must-read article in the Globe and a very interesting… Continue reading
Ned Foley offers this comment at the OSU election law site. It begins: “So many things can–and do–go wrong with the administration of elections that it is important to distinguish the serious problems from the relatively minor inconveniences.”
Yesterday I appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify about the Voting Rights Act reauthorization, along with Chandler Davidson, Ted Shaw, Laughlin McDonald, and Sam Issacharoff. The committee has posted witness statements here but they are not in a… Continue reading
A reader writes:
There are some unusual procedural aspects of Hayden, the recent Second Circuit case on felon disenfranchisement, that suggest no immediate Supreme Court review.
The en banc court granted review of Hayden before the 3-judge panel heard the… Continue reading
I’m off to testify at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on VRA reauthorization. Other members of the panel include Chandler Davidson, Laughlin McDonald, Ted Shaw, and Sam Issacharoff. At least it won’t be the most controversial hearing of the day… Continue reading
These numbers are of more than academic interest, given that the “appearance of corruption” can serve to justify certain campaign finance laws. There’s been some interesting empirical work looking at the connection between campaign finance laws and public confidence in… Continue reading