Mike Dorf on NAMUDNO
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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Michael McDonald on Proactive Bailout
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This is a topic near and dear to my heart.
Guest Post: Behind the Scenes in NAMUDNO
A blog reader who is a close watcher of the Supreme Court sends along the following observations:
At the end of your post on Thomas, you wonder if he was seeking to avoid embarrassing the Chief. I think in… Continue reading
Rep. Tanner Issues Press Release Pushing Bill Establishing Independent Bipartisan Redistricting Commissions for Congressional Districts
“Denver judge shelves donations ban; Judge doubts constitutionality of amendment curbing campaign contributions”
The Denver Post offers this report.
Pildes: Going Forward
Rick Pildes has written this guest post:
Rather than focusing on the Court’s opinion, I want to look forward to the future of voting rights. The Supreme Court’s decision gives Congress some breathing room, but the decision also puts Congress… Continue reading
The Thomas Mini-Enigma in NAMUDNO
I went back and re-read Justice Thomas’s concurrence in NAMUDNO. I just now noticed that Justice Thomas, like Heather Gerken and Ellen Katz, reads the majority opinion as a warning to Congress: “The Court quite properly alerts Congress that… Continue reading
Issacharoff: On Statesmanship
Here is a guest post from Sam Issacharoff:
Since Rick brought my comment in the Times into the debate, let me take the opportunity to address some of the issues behind the Chief Justice’s statesmanship. To my mind, there are… Continue reading
Ellen Katz: Roberts Didn’t Blink
Here is a guest post from Ellen Katz:
Several people this week have said that Chief Justice Roberts “blinked” on Monday. I disagree. His opinion in NAMUDNO is calculated, shrewd, and (given what he believes about the statute) institutionally smart.… Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of NAMUDNO Commentary
Daniel Katz (apply game theory)
Abby Thernstrom (being Abby)
“GOP spent $900,000 to help Coleman pay legal bills”
The Star-Tribune reports.
“Reform Group’s FOIA Request Highlights Ongoing Battle Over FEC Disclosure Policy”
This BNA report ($) notes that “The fact that FEC disclosure practices were changed in early 2007 was confirmed to BNA by former FEC General Counsel Lawrence Norton, who left the agency in February 2007 to go into private law… Continue reading
“State May Sue Justice Department”
Georgia Public Broadcasting reports that “Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel had hoped the high court would strike down section 5 of the voting rights act. That would have meant the state could enact a new law requiring proof of… Continue reading
The Scalia Enigma in NAMUDNO
There’s been lots of armchair psychoanalysis of the Justices in Monday’s voting rights case. Heather Gerken says the liberals signed on to Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion containing a lot of troubling language about the constitutionality of section 5 of the… Continue reading