“Is Welfare Reform to Blame for Declining Voter Registration?”
Lisa Danetz ponders.
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Quote of the Day
“Forget the film of the pimp and prostitute: Watching a film of Lewis’s performance yesterday would probably be enough to cause lawmakers to cut off ACORN’s federal funding. ”
—Dana Milbank, on Bertha Lewis’s National Press Club appearance.
“Federal observers monitor Bethel elections”
The latest from Alaska. The certification is here.
“You Don’t Have to Be a Structuralist to Hate the Supreme Court’s Dignitary Harm Election Law Cases”
I have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This brief essay responds to an article by Professor James A. Gardner, The Dignity of Voters – A Dissent, appearing in a symposium in the University of Miami Law… Continue reading
FairVote Newsletter Now Available
Read it here.
Tom Perez Confirmed to DOJ Civil Rights Post
Details here.
Ken Blackwell Oped on Voter Registration Modernization
Here, in the Washington Times.
“Democrats Return Fire On Black Panthers Case”
“Main Justice” reports.
von Spakovsky Responds to WaPo Article on Bush DOJ Civil Rights Enforcement
Here.
“Voting Rights Expert to Run for SOS”
The Michigan Messenger reports.
“Allison R. Hayward: Ban on small-business political bucks is unconstitutional”
The Washington Examiner offers this oped.
” Who forgot the $65 million referendum question?”
The Philadelphia Inquirer offers this report.
“CCP files friend-of-the-court brief in Colorado free speech case”
See here.
As the October 2009 Supreme Court Term Begins, One 2008 Case Remains Undecided
That case, of course, is Citizens United, about which I’ve spilled a lot of virtual ink. I continue to believe we could see an opinion by mid-November, but there is no deadline.
One theme in my writing on… Continue reading