Who says the 2000 election is over? Last Friday the Ninth Circuit heard oral argument (audio) in Porter v. McPherson (formerly Porter v. Jones and likely to be retitled Porter v. Bowen). At issue was the decision of… Continue reading

McClatchy Newspapers offers this report on Hans von Spakovsky and his role at DOJ and at the EAC. The article stays that an email indicates that von Spakovksy was instrumental in seeing to it that Paul Digregorio not get another… Continue reading

Following up on this post, you can now find the paper posted here.

You can find the video, with some critical commentary, here. UPDATE: I have now had a chance to watch this video. When Maher confronts Fund with the NY Times reporting on DOJ statistics and the EAC draft report on… Continue reading

Next week could see the passage of the Texas voter id bill, if Sen. Gallegos’s health issues persist. In linking yesterday to this Houston Chronicle column by Kristen Mack, I neglected to highlight perhaps the most important sentence in… Continue reading

The South Florida Sun Sentinel offers this report. See also this sidebar.

Tom Goldstein has this must-read post at SCOTUSBlog, which, among other things makes a quite plausible (and to me, novel) case for why Justice Souter could well retire soon after the 2008 election.

Slate has posted my latest Jurisprudence commentary. It begins: Imagine the National Rifle Association’s Web site suddenly disappeared, along with all the data and reports the group had ever posted on gun issues. Imagine Planned Parenthood inexplicably closed its… Continue reading

This Sacramento Bee oped by Marie Cocco, “The real U.S. attorneys scandal,” begins: “It is time to stop referring to the ‘fired U.S attorneys scandal’ by that misnomer, and call it what it is: a White House-coordinated effort to use… Continue reading

See this Houston Chronicle column.

The SF Chronicle offers this report, which begins: “San Francisco’s chief of elections has warned city officials that ballots cast in the November election may have to be counted by hand because voting machines do not meet standards set… Continue reading

Steven Harmon has written this interesting analysis for the San Jose Mercury News.

The Hill offers this report, which begins: “The House Judiciary Committee yesterday stripped from the lobbying reform bill a proposal to limit the lobbying activity of congressional officials once they enter the private sector and soundly defeated two other… Continue reading

AP offers this report, which begins: “MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Attorney General Troy King said he plans a U.S. Supreme Court appeal of a three-judge federal panel’s order removing from office a Republican who was appointed by GOP Gov.… Continue reading