Monthly Archives: October 2013
“Blame It on Winner-Take-All: Why Our Outdated Voting Rules Cause Congressional Crises”
Rob Richie’s take on the shutdown.
Tara Malloy Responds to Brad Smith on McCutcheon
Here.
“Government shutdown shrinks FEC to just four employees”
Ellen Weintraub turns the lights off (and on).
Quote of the Day
“I didn’t really have a ten-year plan that specific. But what I was saying was that I thought it was certainly plausible that within ten years, starting from 2007, we could see the Supreme Court dismantle all of the justifications… Continue reading
“Hard Fight Seen for DOJ Against N.C. Voting Restrictions”
“High stakes in battle over North Carolina’s voter ID law”
Adam Serwer reports for MSNBC.
“Blame the Constitution for this mess”
Alex Pareene writes for Salon.
An Answer to Rick’s Question?
I think the answer to Rick’s question about the DOJ North Carolina complaint is this: The Department of Justice doesn’t have general authority to enforce constitutional rights; it needs a specific statute authorizing it to do so. And I’m not… Continue reading
Question About DOJ Complaint Against North Carolina
I’m wondering why the DOJ did not raise a constitutional claim in its complaint against both early voting and the wrong precinct provisional balloting issue. There were two important 6th circuit cases just before the 2012 elections coming out of… Continue reading
“Civil Rights Division Hit Hard in Justice Dept. Shutdown”
“NC Republicans vow to fight US DOJ over voter laws”
A Small Tweak of ELB’s Layout
As regular ELB readers know, I do most of the posting here, but I have a number of contributors who also write occasional and very insightful posts.
Readers continue to get confused about authorship, believing everything on ELB is authored… Continue reading
“The Next Citizens United? The campaign finance case at the Supreme Court next week will be big—or huge.”
ICYMI: My new Slate piece on McCutcheon.