Monthly Archives: March 2015
“Online voter registration gains momentum in Florida”
“Menendez Case Would Test Justice Dept. Anti-Corruption Unit”
AP:
A criminal prosecution of Sen. Bob Menendez would represent a major test for a Justice Department anti-corruption unit that recently scored the conviction of a former Virginia governor, but endured humbling setbacks in cases against two former U.S.… Continue reading
“UCI Law Ranks No. 30 in First U.S. News Ranking; UCI Law Clinical Program Ranks No. 11”
Statement from Dean Erwin Chemerinksy.
“How you (and a few thousand of your friends) can become the biggest donors in American politics”
WaPo:
At some point soon, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) will likely be charged with corruption by the federal government. The charges almost certainly stem from his interactions with a wealthy donor, Salomon Melgen. At some point, Menendez’s exercise of… Continue reading
“Former Rep. Steve Driehaus loses libel lawsuit against the Susan B. Anthony List”
Eugene Volokh:
Some readers may recall last year’s Supreme Court decision in Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus, in which the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a challenge to the Ohio ban on false statements in election campaigns; that… Continue reading
“Shelby Missed Selma Ceremony, Citing Scheduling Conflicts”
Roll Call:
While the nation’s attention was focused on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the senior senator from Alabama was hours from Selma, participating in his annual tour of the state’s 67 counties.
Sen.… Continue reading
“State Senator wants New Mexico to consider biometrics to curb voter fraud”
“Why ‘Cert. Denied’ Can Be the Sweetest Two Words”
“New Report Ranks Voter Turnout in All 50 States”
“Honor Selma by Protecting Voting Rights”
Ari Berman dispatch.
He got some Republican Senators to say they might look into fixing Section 5. We’ll see.
“Millions of Americans don’t have equal voting rights. John Oliver is not happy about it.”
Vox on John Oliver segment on voting by those living in U.S. territories.
“Martin Luther King’s Call for Voting Rights Inspired Isolated Hamlet”
Retro Report:
To find Gee’s Bend on a map of Alabama, you would do well to put your finger on Selma and trace an imaginary line roughly 35 miles to the southwest. Selma is famous, of course, especially on… Continue reading
“Selma Throng Is Told That Voting Rights Remain Under Threat”
NYT:
Echoing a speech given by President Obama a day earlier, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Sunday that access to the polls was “under siege” by a flurry of recent state laws, and by a 2013 United States… Continue reading