See here. See also Garrett Epps’ article in The Nation. Meanwhile, newspapers continue to editorialize on the case, with opinions ranging from the view that the law is hardly onerous to the view that it is a modern day … Continue reading

BNA offers this report ($), which begins: “The Supreme Court may get another chance soon to answer constitutional questions about the regulation of political messages aired during an election campaign, a lawyer for a conservative group challenging Federal Election Commission… Continue reading

Bruce Adelson has written this article on section 203 of the Voting Rights Act for the ABA Journal (reprinted with permission).

Sounds like Jim Bopp had a tough time arguing against disclosure before this three-judge court.

I believe it is fair to say that that is widespread consensus, if not unanimity, among academics (even those who think Indiana’s law is (or likely is) constitutional) that impersonation voter fraud is not a problem. There are voter fraud… Continue reading

The Center for Democracy and Election Management at AU (which has been headed by Bob Pastor, who was the driving force behind the Carter-Baker commission which recommended the use of voter identification at the polls) has issued a press release… Continue reading

NPR; Mike Pitts; NY Times; Washington Post; USA Today; LA Times; Dahlia Lithwick (Slate); Wall Street Journal; Legal Times; Bob Bauer; Orin Kerr (and here).

I have now had a chance to review the transcript in Crawford, the Voter ID case argued in the Supreme Court today, as well as a number of reports from oral argument. We are likely looking at another conservative-liberal… Continue reading

See here.

Chris Elmendorf sent the following thoughts to the Election Law listserv, and he’s given me permission to reprint his very important comments here: I too attended oral argument this morning. Two aspects of the dialogue were striking. First, Paul Smith… Continue reading

Don’t miss Ned Foley’s recap. See also LA Times Washington Post Allison Hayward Lyle Denniston’s updated post. Dan Tokaji prepared this pre-argument podcast. We are still waiting for the transcript to be released.

The Washington Post offers this report.

AP offers this first report from oral argument. The key passages: “‘You want us to invalidate the statute because of minimal inconvenience?’ Justice Anthony Kennedy said near the end of an hour-long argument. Kennedy, often a key vote, appeared more… Continue reading

NPR offers this argument preview.