Via Jess Bravin’s Twitter feed, comes this exchange: KAPLAN: Now one last question before we come to your final piece. I have always had the idea that someone ought to write an opera about a powerful case at… Continue reading

I have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Cornell Law Review). Here is the abstract: In a recent article, The Democracy Canon, 62 Stan. L. Rev. 69 (2009), I describe and defend a longstanding substantive canon of statutory interpretation,… Continue reading

Politico reports that “Schultz said on his show Tuesday evening that he believes North Dakota law holds that a candidate would have to be a resident for the past five years to run, and he hasn’t been living in the… Continue reading

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FairVote has issued this press release.

The NY Times offers this report. See also this NYT “City Room” blog post and this interview with Ciara Torres-Spelliscy.… Continue reading

The Oakland Tribune reports.

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Here. Though Kurt Scheidigger says the case is a slam-dunk for Supreme Court review if there is no en banc, I’m not so sure. The Court turned down the earlier cert. petition in this case, as well as cases… Continue reading

The schedule is now available for this conference at USC next Friday.

You can read the 2-1 opinion in Farrakhan v. Gregoire here. From a quick read of the opinion, I fully expect there to be a request (at least from within the Circuit) for rehearing en banc. The last time… Continue reading

Democracy 21 issued this press release.

If you are in New Orleans for the AALS conference, you might want to check out this panel set to occur on Saturday, Jan. 9, from 8:30 to 10:15 am. The panelists are: Kristen Clarke, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational… Continue reading

The Indiana Office of the Attorney General issued this news release.