“Race or Party?: How Courts Should Think About Republican Efforts to Make it Harder to Vote in North Carolina and Elsewhere”
Re-upping my Harvard Law Review Forum piece as the North Carolina voting right trial starts today.
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Record Number of Dissents from #SCOTUS Conservative Justices
Must-read from @JostonJustice:
In fact, it was a bad term overall for Scalia: apparently his worst ever. He dissented in 23 cases, the highest number at least since the 1992-93 term when I began counting dissenting votes for my annual… Continue reading
“N.C. Trial Outcome Could Sway National Voting Rights Measures”
“Conservative PACs raise millions, spend little on politics”
“California’s initiative process needs reform — not repeal”
Bob Stern in the San Diego Union-Tribune:
Thus, any changes will be difficult to pass, but if I could amend the initiative process, here is what I would do:
Extend the number of days that a measure could be circulated… Continue reading
“Applying Section 2 to the New Vote Denial”
With the North Carolina voting trial opening today, here’s your must-read from Dan Tokaji (forthcoming, Harvard Civil-Rights Civil-Liberties Law Review):
Over the past decade, many states have enacted laws that make it more difficult for eligible citizens to vote. In… Continue reading
“Rick Perry’s $6 million man: Rich donors pour massive sums into 2016 super PACs”
Matea Gold for WaPo.
“How a Pro-Regulation Decision Is Good for Business”
“Effects of changes on minorities at crux of NC voting trial”
AP trial curtain-raiser.
“Redistricting Reformers Are Having a Good Summer”
Reid Wilson at Morning Consult.
“Voting Rights Legacy of the ’60s Heads to Court as North Carolina Law Is Tested”
Erik Eckholm NYT A-1 curtain-raiser on North Carolina voting trial, starting Monday.
Rep. Sarbanes Lukewarm on Campaign Finance Vouchers
In Part II of his interview with The Intercept:
Have you ever heard proposals for vouchers of $100 or $200 that people could give not just to individual political campaigns, but to any part of the political system? So they… Continue reading
Unanimous 4th Circuit Panel Rejects Former Va Gov. McDonnell’s Corruption Appeal
You can read the 89-page-opinion at this link.
A key question on appeal is whether the trial court defined “official act” too broadly for federal bribery law purposes. The 4th Circuit has an extensive discussion of the issue, concluding: “In… Continue reading
“From Peoria High to the U.S. Supreme Court: Redistricting case draws classmates together.”
The surprising Peoria connection to the AZ redistricting case.
(via How Appealing)