Monthly Archives: October 2015

“No, the Voting Rights Act is not in danger”

October 22, 2015, 9:05 amThe Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Robert Driscoll: So the good news is that the VRA is alive and well, covers the entire country, and protects everyone — regardless of race — from actual discriminatory voting procedures and practices. The bad news is that the… Continue reading

Read Plaintiffs’ #SCOTUS Reply Brief in Evenwel

October 22, 2015, 7:58 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here, via the Brennan Center’s Evenwel page.

“Ben Carson, GOP presidential candidate, dismisses idea anti-voter fraud measures racist”

October 22, 2015, 7:41 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Topeka Capital-Journal.

CCP v. Harris on Nov. 6 #SCOTUS Conference List

October 22, 2015, 7:38 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Docket.

“Constitution Check: Are driver’s licenses the answer to voter ID laws?”

October 22, 2015, 7:35 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Lyle Denniston writes at Constitution Daily.

“Full interview: Charles Koch”

October 22, 2015, 7:33 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Marketplace talked with Charles Koch for an hour. Here is a bit on the planned political spending: Ryssdal: So if you feel that way, and if you’re spending, the Koch brothers writ large are spending so much money on politics,… Continue reading

“New Rules Help Hillary Clinton Tap Big Donors For Democrats”

October 22, 2015, 7:29 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Paul Blumenthal reports for HuffPo.

“Bernie Sanders’s inaccurate claim that the two Koch brothers will spend more than either major party on 2016 elections”

October 22, 2015, 7:28 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WaPo fact checker.

“Ballotpedia Will Hold Webinar on Presidential Ballot Access Laws & Deadlines”

October 22, 2015, 7:27 amballot accessRick Hasen

Press release about October 28 event.

“The Future of Deference”

October 22, 2015, 7:26 amlegislation and legislatures, statutory interpretationRick Hasen

Richard Pierce has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In this essay, Professor Pierce describes the history of the deference doctrines the Supreme Court has announced and applied to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes and rules over… Continue reading

Sam Issacharoff: How Do Courts Get Away with Intervening in Politics?

October 21, 2015, 8:00 pmcomparative election lawRick Hasen

The following is the second of three guest posts by NYU’s Sam Issacharoff about his new book, Fragile Democracies: In 2010, the Colombian Constitutional Court struck down a proposed constitutional amendment that would have permitted President Alvaro Uribe… Continue reading