“Sotomayor Issues Challenge to a Century of Corporate Law”
The Wall Street Journal offers this interesting report on a comment Justice Sotomayor made at the Citizens United reargument.
Monthly Archives: September 2009
An Absolute Must-Read for those following Citizens United: the Untold Drafting History of Austin
I just came across Beth Garrett’s article (52 How. L.J. 655 (2009)) in Howard Law Journal‘s symposium on the life and jurisprudence of Justice Marshall. Beth’s article begins on p. 163 of the pdf and runs through p. 198. There… Continue reading
Government Appeals Pierce O’Donnell Case
Has Austin Been Overruled?
A website dedicated to the answer (and apparently nothing else).
Colbert on Citizens United
In the interest of equal time, listen to Colbert’s “The Word” about Citizens United (about 4 minutes into the video).
C.E. Petit on Redistricting (and the Champaign County Clerk)
Here, at “Scivener’s Error.”
“Votes are lined up to appoint a senator”
The Boston Globe offers this report.
When You Lose Jon Stewart….
The Daily Show on ACORN. Stewart: “ACORN appears to be a corrupt organization that aids and abets criminals and gets millions of dollars in taxpayer money.”
It is hard for me to see ACORN remaining a major player in… Continue reading
Champaign County Clerk Continues Blogging Against Democracy Index
The latest installment is here. I understand there will a series of posts over the next few weeks for those interested (I don’t plan on further linking at this point).
“Charges dropped against city councilman”
Readers who’ve been following the travails of the Clarksburg, West Virginia city council candidate arrested before the election and charged with distributing anonymous campaign literature will be interested to know that the charges were just dismissed, though without prejudice… Continue reading
von Spakovsky in Faux Movie Review of CU Oral Argument: SG Kagan’s Performance “Lacked Depth and Sophistication”
See here.
“Election Task Force Members Warn of Problems with State’s Help America Vote Act Implementation”
Demos offers this press release.
“Documenting Disfranchisement: Voter Identification at Indiana’s 2008 General Election “
Mike Pitts and Mathew Neumann have posted this draft (forthcoming, Journal of Law and Politics) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This article presents and examines previously unavailable data regarding the extent to which Indiana’s photo identification requirement prevented prospective… Continue reading
“How Liberals Can Win by Losing at the Roberts Court”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
At the recent Supreme Court oral argument in the Citizens United case, about the constitutionality of limits on corporate spending in elections, new Solicitor General Elena Kagan gave a refreshingly honest… Continue reading