“6 Things We Just Learned About The IRS Scandal”
Must-read from NPR’s Tamara Keith.
Monthly Archives: June 2013
“The voting wars and the Supreme Court: a pre-ruling primer”
The Columbia Journalism Review reports on how to follow Shelby County.
Must Read SCOTUS Bar Story by Joan Biskupic
“Arizona’s Proof-of-Citizenship Requirement for Voters Struck Down”
Why Would the Court’s Liberals Go Along with Justice Scalia’s Time Bombs in Arizona Elections Case?
In Anticipatory Overrulings, Invitations, Time Bombs, and Inadvertence: How Supreme Court Justices Move the Law, 61 Emory Law Journal 779 (2012), I discuss different methods Justices use to move the law in their preferred direction aside from getting a majority… Continue reading
“High Court Strikes Down Voting Law in Arizona”
Ted Robbins reports for NPR from Arizona.
“Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council: Opinions Have Layers”
“Supreme Court decision in Berry v. Crawford posted”
The Indiana Law Blog on the case of the fleeing legislators.
WaPo Editorial on Arizona Case: We Need Universal Voter Registration
Here.
“The Court and States in the Age of Voter ID”
Bob Bauer:
So this is the question being debated about the Court opinion in the Arizona voting law pre-emption case: is it a major victory for the federal government, or just a win in this case, with the longer term… Continue reading
“More Information Emerges About IRS Targeting Of Tea Party Groups”
NPR:
Last month, when news broke that the IRS had improperly targeted Tea Party groups for extra scrutiny, the original message from the IRS was that it was the work of a couple of rogue agents in the Cincinnati… Continue reading
Douglas: “A Silver Lining to the ‘States Rights’ Portion of Justice Scalia’s Opinion”
Here is a guest post from Josh Douglas:
Justice Scalia, in his majority opinion in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council, explained that “Arizona is correct that the Elections Clause empowers Congress to regulate how federal elections are held, but… Continue reading
Quote of the Night
“I think it’s preposterous that seven people can overturn the votes of over one million Arizona voters to say the honor system works [to verify a voter’s citizenship…] It’s a bunch of baloney. It’s nuts.”
–“Kathy McKee, an… Continue reading
A Spruced Up Election Law Blog Sidebar
I have updated some information, removed dead links, added some new blogs and sites to the Election Law blogroll, linked to forthcoming and recent academic papers and commentaries, and otherwise eliminated some coding problems.
If you see any remaining problems,… Continue reading