“Shift Maryland’s motor voter law into high gear”
John Tanner has written this oped for the Baltimore Sun.
Monthly Archives: March 2011
“Campaign Spending’s Clear Winner: Corporations”
Vanderbilt University has issued this press release.
Supreme Court Decides Snyder v. Phelps, the Funeral Protester Case
You can find the 8-1 opinion here. Soon at Politico‘s Arena, my comments on Justice Alito’s dissent (and its tie to the campaign finance cases) should appear. Also interesting from the perspective of election law is Footnote 1… Continue reading
“Union Muscle Eclipsed by High-Profile Conservative Groups During 2010 Election”
The Open Secrets Blog offers this post.
“Anti-immigration sentiments play into redistricting efforts”
McClatchy offers this report.
“GOP groups seek to raise $120M to spend against Obama, other Democrats in 2012”
The Washington Post offers this report.
“Plan Would Erase All-Business Town”
NYT on Vernon, CA.
“2012 Election Spending Race Heats Up”
The WSJ offers this report.
“Transparent Elections After Citizens United”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy has written this publication for the Brennan Center. See also this blog post.
“Of Squares and Uncouth Twenty-Eight-Sided Figures: Reflections on Gomillion V. Lightfoot After Half a Century”
Jonathan Entin has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This essay, part of a symposium on political powerlessness and constitutional interpretation, focuses on Gomillion v. Lightfoot, which rejected an attempt to remove virtually every African American registered… Continue reading
“Koch Plans to Make Redistricting Personal”
The NY Times offers this report.
More Sad News from the Ninth Circuit: Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall Has Died
The announcement is here.
“Supreme Court Ethics: Of Geese and Ganders”
Jason Mazzone blogs at Balkinization.
California Redistricting Commission Seeks to Hire Voting Rights Act Counsel
See here.