“PAPERLESS ELECTRONIC ELECTION UPHELD BY GERMAN SUPREME COURT”
William Kelleher has this column at Op-Ed News.
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Jeff Rosen on Citizens United, Chief Justice Roberts, and CJ Earl Warren
This NY Times column from today’s newspaper reminds me of this Linda Greenhouse NYT oped from January. Different case, similar argument. Who knows? It worked before.
Yes, You Too Can (Apply to) Redistrict the California Legislature!
Read all about it. It helps you if you know how to use sophisticated computer programs and have not been engaged in political activities. Maybe we should just use a computer to redistrict, as Sam Issacharoff suggested years ago.
BLT on CU
See Justice Stevens and the NRA and The Citizens United Argument, By the Numbers. (Has anyone done these calculations for NAMUDNO?)
Schlozman Not to Be Prosecuted for Perjury
The following release from Senator Schumer’s office just arrived via email:
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement Friday after the Justice Department declined to overturn a decision by the previous administration not to prosecute former Justice… Continue reading
“When an Election is Not Just an Election: Caperton and the Future of Judicial Election Regulation”
On Monday I will be speaking on a panel about Caperton v. Massey at a Seattle University School of Law conference, “State Judicial Independence–A National Concern.”
Here are my prepared remarks.
Don’t Modernize My Voting System, and Don’t Give Me Data I Don’t Want
Mark Shelden, the Champaign County (IL) Clerk, comes out hard against voter modernization and the Democracy Index.
Black Panther Voter Intimidation Issue Continues to Percolate
Via Jonathan Adler comes this Washington Times report, which begins: “The Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility has begun an official inquiry into the dismissal in May of a civil complaint against the New Black Panther Party and two… Continue reading
“Judge shields signatures in gay-rights referendum”
The Seattle Times offers this report about this ruling of the federal district court. Eugene Volokh is unpersuaded:
That reasoning strikes me as unpersuasive, for the same reasons I mentioned in late July; I don’t think that secrecy of… Continue reading
Pioneer Press Running Extensive Series Called “Overtime” on Coleman-Franken Race
Very Interesting Results of Some Election Reform Survey Questions in Latest PPIC Survey
The survey is here. Some selected questions and answers in this new survey of California voters:
22. Some people have proposed changing California’s state primary elections from a partially closed system to a system where registered voters could cast… Continue reading
“Corporations Aren’t People”
Jamie Raskin has written this piece for NPR.org. UPDATE: I’ve just learned of Brad Smith’s counterpoint to this piece.
“Skeptical SCOTUS in finance hearing”
Politico offers this report.