Monthly Archives: March 2009
“Time to Revive Puerto Rican Voting Rights”
Katherine Culliton-Gonzalez has written this article for the Berkeley La Raza Law Journal (republished with permission).
“New Presidential Guidance Restricts Lobbyist Communications Regarding Stimulus Funds”
A new Covington E-alert.
“E-Voting: Something Broken in Need of Something New”
Danielle Citron has this post at Concurring Opinions.
The Misguided Effort to Explain Obama to the Court–or–Why Obama Really Matters and What the Court Should Do About It
Here is a guest post from Ellen Katz:
On April 29, the Supreme Court will hear argument on whether Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act remains constitutionally justified. The question has long been anticipated and many people, myself… Continue reading
“The 2008 Election: A Look Back at What Went Right and What Went Wrong”
Doug Chapin leads off this week’s Electionline Weekly.
“Politicization Charges at DOJ over Brazile Appearance”
WSJ‘s Washington Wire offers this report. Who is making the charge of politicization? Hans “Publius” von Spakovsky.
Divided Time in NAMUDNO?
“Coleman v. Franken: Will the ThreeJudges report to the Senate?”
Some very interesting musings from Eric Black at MinnPost.
Rebecca Kysar on Earmark Rules and Statutory Interpretation
This article appears in the latest issue of the Cornell Law Review.
Richard Painter Blogging on Government Ethics Reform At Volokh Conspiracy
Still More Mauro on Citizens United
See this USA Today oped.
See also this WSJ editorial.
More NAMUDNO Amicus Briefs
Via this page at the NAACP LDF, you can find more amicus briefs including:
Constitutional Accountability Center
Six Covered Jurisdictions (NC, AZ, CA, LA, MS, and NY)
Reps. Conyers, Sensenbrenner, Watt & Nadler, former Rep. Chabot (Pam Karlan)
Asian American … Continue reading
“FEC Turns Blind Eye to Thompson, Sets Awful Precedent”
Firedoglake links to this decision of the FEC on the Fred Thompson “testing the waters” complaint. Democratic Commissioner Weintraub joined with the three Republican commissioners in a statement of reasons. Very interesting. UPDATE: Adam Bonin offers his thoughts.