“Election Law Litigation Has Doubled Since 2000”
The National Law Journal offers this report. The article quotes from my draft, The Democracy Canon.
Monthly Archives: February 2009
“An Extra ‘Equal Protection’ Thought: Local Policy or Local Mistakes?”
Another must-read post from Ned Foley on the Coleman-Franken contest.
“Can Mathematics Map the Way Toward Less-Bizarre Elections?”
Science magazine offers this report ($).
“New Study Finds Election Law Litigation Remains at More than Double Rate Before 2000 Election; More Cases Shift from State Court to Federal Court”
Loyola Law School has issued this press release, which begins:
A new study by Loyola Law School Professor Richard L. Hasen finds that the amount of election law litigation in the 2007-2008 election season remained at more than double… Continue reading
New Cert. Petition in Rep. Jefferson Speech or Debate Clause Case
SCOTUSblog reports and uploads this cert petition presenting the following question: “Whether the indictment of a Member of Congress, although facially valid, should be dismissed when evidence privileged under the Speech or Debate Clause was used in the grand jury… Continue reading
“Simplistic media coverage of Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal”
“State Representative Seeks to Repeal Arkansas Ban on Atheists Holding Public Office and Testifying in Court”
Ilya Somin has this post at the Volokh Conspiracy.
“The Effect of Campaign Contributions on Judicial Decisionmaking “
Chris Bonneau and Damon Cann have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
n this paper we address a pressing issue on the contemporary political agenda: Is justice for sale? The implications of such a relationship between campaign… Continue reading
California Budget Approved with Open Primary Measure to Go on Ballot
Details here. I have not yet seen the text of the open primary measure that will go on the ballot. I also don’t know if there will still be an attempt to qualify a different version to go on… Continue reading
The Form of an Open Primary Deal
The Sacramento Bee reports that Democrats might actually agree to put an open primary on the ballot in order to secure the vote of Sen. Maldonado for the budget.
I’d advise the Senator to be very careful in terms of… Continue reading
“ACLU Sues South Dakota Secretary Of State Over Illegal Voter Disfranchisement”
See this press release.
“Judge Wins Right to Join Democratic Party”
The top item at the James Madison Center website begins: “Federal District Court Judge Barbara Crabb has granted a permanent injunction against provisions of the Wisconsin Code of Judicial Conduct that prohibited state court judicial candidates from belonging to a… Continue reading
“Alaska Concedes Travel Expense Reimbursements Are Taxable to Gov. Palin”
Paul Caron, who has been on this since the beginning, reports.
“Federal study says all touch-screen voting machines allow undetectable hacking”
Michael Richardson’s take on a NIST report.