Monthly Archives: October 2014
“Analysis: High court action on Texas ID law shows mixed record on voting rights”
David Savage writes for the LA Times.
“In Judge’s Footnote, a Heavy Slap at Texas’ Past”
Ross Ramsey:
Strange things show up in the footnotes of federal court rulings.
Consider this one in a ruling by a federal judge in Corpus Christi, Tex., that the state’s voter photo ID law is unconstitutional: “The Texas… Continue reading
Geidner Talks to Totenberg and Denniston on the 5am #SCOTUS Texas ID Order Release
Here, at Buzzfeed.
Explaining Justice Breyer’s Surprising (Non-)Vote in the Texas Voter ID Case
Justice Breyer did not join in Justice Ginsburg’s fiery 6-page dissent in the Texas voter id case the Supreme Court just decided. The majority let Texas’s law go into effect, despite a final judgment from a federal district court finding… Continue reading
Teachout’s “Corruption in America”
[This is the latest in a series of short reflections on new books in campaign finance which I am working my way through as I write my own manuscript on the subject.]
Zephyr Teachout’s Corruption in America is a… Continue reading
Joan Biskupic’s Must-Read Book on Justice Sotomayor and the Supreme Court
Supreme Court reporter (and current Reuters legal editor) Joan Biskupic has written Breaking In: The Rise of Sonia Sotomayor and the Politics of Justice. It is an engaging and insightful book on Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s path to the Supreme… Continue reading
CJ Roberts Vote in Wisconsin Voter ID Case Proof He’s Going Wobbly?
Josh Gerstein on some noises by conservatives. I don’t buy it for a second, for reasons Josh gives in the piece—this was not a ruling on the merits, and even supporters of voter id laws had good reason to worry… Continue reading
“Aligning Campaign Finance”
Nick Stephanopoulos has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Virginia Law Review).
Campaign finance law is in crisis. In a series of recent decisions, the Supreme Court has rejected state interests such as anti-distortion and equality, while narrowing the anti-corruption… Continue reading
KY Electioneering Ban – Modified on Appeal
It looks like my wrap-up post from yesterday is already out of date. Late Friday, the 6th Circuit granted a partial stay of the KY decision on electioneering. The district court’s order is stayed — and electioneering is prohibited… Continue reading
A Huge Thank You to Justin Levitt
for guest blogging these last ten very eventful days. It was a round-the-clock job!
I’m just back from speaking in the UK and will have a piece tomorrow in Slate on the Texas voter id decision.
“Voter ID Laws and Partisan Competition in the American States”
I missed this new paper from William Hicks, Seth McKee, Mitchell Sellers, and Daniel Smith.
The abstract:
We undertake a comprehensive examination of restrictive voter ID legislation in the American states from 2001 through 2012. With a dataset containing approximately… Continue reading
Where We Stand
A wrapup of what’s where in the world of prominent election-related litigation after the events of the last week:
AR photo ID law: not in place. Permanently struck down by AR Supreme Court 10/15.
TX photo ID law: in … Continue reading