Monthly Archives: November 2014
“Coordination Controversy in the Twitterverse”
“Ready for Hillary Begins to Wind Down”
“Perry Judge Rules Prosecutor is Not Disqualified”
“A handful of bills could bridge the partisan divide. But will they start a trend?”
“The Racist Origins of Felon Disenfranchisemen”
Brent Staples NYT Editorial Observer column.
“Texas ID Law Keeps Hundreds of Ballots From Being Counted”
“The SCOTUS Should Reject Alabama’s Congressional Districts”
Jim Sleeper writes at the Washington Monthly.
As a reader points out, the Alabama case is about state legislative districts, not congressional districts.
“Mayer Brown, DOJ Fight Over Fees in Lobbyists’ Case”
“See the GOP’s coded tweets”
“Ron Paul’s Presidential Campaign Shells Out for Lawyers in Wake of Disclosures”
Federal Court in TX Redistricting Case Hints it May Wait for SCOTUS to Resolve Alabama Case First
See this order.
At the rate we are going, the decade will be more than half over before the Court decides the redistricting challenge—just in time for a new challenge after the 2020 census!
“With Midterms Over, Voter ID Law Effects Get Close Look”
Trip Gabriel and Manny Fernandez write for the NYT. A snippet:
Voting rights advocates raised eyebrows about the role of voting restrictions in races that were narrowly decided. Wendy Weiser, director of the democracy program at the Brennan Center for… Continue reading
“Court Rulings Impact Elections in 2014”
That’s the lead story in the November 2014 issue of The Canvass.