“Ginsburg Explains Saturday Surprise on Texas Voting Law”
Tony Mauro writes for NLJ.
Monthly Archives: October 2014
“Silicon Valley CEOs Get A Warm Washington Welcome To Politics”
HuffPo: “According to people familiar with the situation, committee staff director and former super lobbyist Gary Andres personally has been calling the CEOs of major Silicon Valley tech companies, hammering them for coming after Upton and spooking Mayday’s donors,… Continue reading
Set to Be on KCRW’s Press Play With Madeline Brand Talking SCOTUS and Texas Voter ID
You should be able to listen here right at noon Pacific.
Two from Ari Berman on Voting Rights
“Laws in the 21st Century Thursday, Oct. 23, 2 p.m. EDT CSG eCademy”
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With less than a month before the Nov. 4 midterm elections, voting laws in eight states are being challenged in state and federal… Continue reading
“Dawn Patrol: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s critically important 5 a.m. wake-up call on voting rights”
[Bumping to the top for the Monday morning crowd.]
I have written this new piece for Slate. It begins:
On the surface, Supreme Court justices seem to have it pretty easy: They decide only around 70 cases per year with… Continue reading
“Castaic school district to shift to cumulative voting”
A wave of cumulative voting adoptions to avoid drawing majority-minority districts in the face of liability under the California Voting Rights Act.
“Companies Disclose Their Interest”
Zicklin letter to the editor in WSJ.
“Crawford and the Politics of Voter ID”
“This Political Ad Was Paid For By — Oh, Never Mind”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
“Voter-ID Actions Push Fight Past November; Supreme Court Lets Texas Apply Restrictions for Midterms, but Legality Hasn’t Been Decided”
Brent Kendall reports for WSJ.
NYT/Retro Report Looks Back at Watergate and Money in Campaigns
Here.
Justice Ginsburg Tells Nina Totenberg SCOTUS Likely Would Have Granted Same Sex Marriage Review If Circuit Split
At the 92nd Street Y event:
“As of now, all the Courts of Appeal agree, so there is no crying need for us to step in.”
When Nina asked if there is a split and the Court takes a… Continue reading
Justice Ginsburg Tells Nina Totenberg About 5 AM Texas Voter ID Decision
From this event at the 92nd Street Y [my transcription, and there could be errors]:
Nina Totenberg: Justice Ginsburg, you were up until … Friday night/Saturday morning, writing a passionate dissent in the Texas voter id case. Just to let… Continue reading