“The Supreme Court and voting rights; Silent treatment”
Steven Mazzie writes at The Economist.
Monthly Archives: October 2014
“Concern Over New-Voter Registration In Georgia Ahead Of Election”
Breaking: Justice Ginsburg Fixes Her Texas Voter ID Dissent After ELB Notes Error
Yesterday I had a post noting an apparent small error in Justice Ginsburg’s dissent in the Texas voter id case. The Justice said a Veterans ID card was not acceptable for voting, but it appears that it is acceptable.
Today… Continue reading
“The Money Midterms”
New Yorker:
And yet Wertheimer told me this fall that he smells a storm coming. He said, “The world changes on this issue when you get scandals”—the political pratfalls that leave lawmakers no choice but to enact new protections. “What… Continue reading
“Christie says GOP gubernatorial candidates need to win so they control ‘voting mechanisms'”
Wow:
Would you rather have Rick Scott in Florida overseeing the voting mechanism, or Charlie Crist? Would you rather have Scott Walker in Wisconsin overseeing the voting mechanism, or would you rather have Mary Burke? Who would you rather… Continue reading
“FAN 37 (First Amendment News) McCutcheon case produces flood of scholarly commentary — 40 works!”
“Why Is Chevron Spending Millions on a Municipal Election?”
Quote of the Day: Lyle Edition
“Justice, it may be said, may not be blind, but it is sometimes inscrutable.”
—Lyle Denniston at Constitution Daily, on the spate of unsigned orders in the voting and other cases recently at the Supreme Court.
“Big spending by parties, independent groups drowns airwaves in negative attacks”
WaPo:
The record amount of independent spending swamping this year’s congressional races is fueling a deeply negative political atmosphere, as attack ads from independent groups overwhelm the messages of candidates in many competitive races.
More than 80 percent of… Continue reading
“Republicans Set to Gain from Laws Requiring Voter IDs”
“How Voter Friendly Is Your State?”
The Guardian with a fun and informative interactive.
Another Sign The Election is Close: Armies of Lawyers Stories Appear
“Bleak voting rights landscape for election and beyond”
Zack Roth writes for MSNBC.