Washington Post: “Consumer activist Ralph Nader accused Terry McAuliffe Thursday of orchestrating an effort to remove him from the presidential ballot in 2004 when McAuliffe was chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Nader said that McAuliffe offered him an… Continue reading
Armed with a list of Judge Sotamayor’s opinions and judicial votes in the election law field helpfully compiled by Bryan Sells, I set out to see what I could learn about the judge. Though I had read some of… Continue reading
Linda Greenhouse: “Whether Chief Justice Roberts has developed a Rehnquist-style sense of when to hold back will be evident next month, when the court is expected to decide whether a central provision of the Voting Rights Act, renewed almost… Continue reading
The New York City Campaign Finance Board has issued this press release. Judge Sotomayor was a founding member of the board. If nothing else, it suggests she is not hostile to all or most regulation as are some members… Continue reading
See here. It will be interesting to see how the Obama Administration’s DOJ will rule on this, assuming Section 5 continues to have force after the NAMUDNO decision.