Monthly Archives: December 2015
Ned Foley: Florida 2000 Was Not a Fluke
The following is the first of five guest posts by Ned Foley of Ohio State, about his new book Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States:
Thanks, Rick, for the chance to highlight some themes… Continue reading
“Porn Industry Hit With Stiff Fine in California”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs
(extra credit for the headline).
“Sanders abruptly pulls Internet ad saying Clinton is being funded by ‘big money interests’”
“Weighing ‘one person, one vote’ and ‘no taxation without representation'”
Reader reactions to my recent LAT oped on Evenwel.
“Bush vs. Gore’s ironic legal legacy”
Jamie Raskin has written this LA Times oped:
Fifteen years after Bush vs. Gore, 15 years after the Supreme Court intervened in a presidential election, a single sentence in the majority opinion remains one of the great constitutional brainteasers in… Continue reading
“Bush v. Gore: Where are They Now?”
CNN photo gallery. Saturday is the 15th anniversary of the case.
“Dean Skelos, Ex-New York Senate Leader, and His Son Are Convicted of Corruption”
Albany, we have a problem.
“Ted Cruz using firm that harvested data on millions of unwitting Facebook users”
The Guardian:
Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign is using psychological data based on research spanning tens of millions of Facebook users, harvested largely without their permission, to boost his surging White House run and gain an edge over Donald Trump… Continue reading
“Evenwel v. Abbott: Who Will Count in Our Democracy?”
Janai Nelson at Hamilton and Griffin on Rights:
Nothing is sacred in politics; but certain things should be sacred in a democracy. The Supreme Court argument in Evenwel v. Abbott this past Wednesday proved that not even the well-worn principle… Continue reading
Pro-Romney Super PAC Fined $50K for 2012 Activities
Release:
Today, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) received notification that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has fined pro-Mitt Romney Super PAC Restore Our Future (ROF) $50,000 for illegally spending millions of dollars airing an advertisement in 2012 that was… Continue reading
“Balance Sheet Voting Rights Act 50 years”
New issue of Transatlantica on the Voting Rights Act:
Olivier Richomme
The Voting Rights Act at 50: From Participation to Meaningful Representation Vote[Full Text]
Jesse H. Rhodes
Competing Partisan Regimes and the Transformation of the Voting Rights Act, 1965-2015… Continue reading
“Thinking Back on Bush v. Gore”
@UCILaw Dean Erwin Chemerinsky has this post @ACSBlog.