Monthly Archives: May 2016
“Stevens says Supreme Court decision on voter ID was correct, but maybe not right”
Bob Barnes for WaPo:
Stevens, who was joined by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, mentioned a dozen times in the opinion that it was based on “the record” in the case.
“I learned a… Continue reading
Columbia Law Review Symposium Honoring Peter Strauss
Somehow I missed this excellent issue honoring Peter Strauss:
Symposium in Honor of Peter L. Strauss. 115 Colum. L. Rev. 1675-2069 (2015). [H]|[L]|[LA]|[W]|[WN]
Katzmann, Hon. Robert A. Celebrating Professor Peter… Continue reading
“California November ballot will have as many as 18 measures”
“Arizona attorney general won’t halt May 17 election, launches inquiry into pamphlet error”
Arizona Republic:
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Thursday that he will not seek a postponement of next week’s special election over officials’ failure to distribute election pamphlets to 200,000 Arizona households.
But saying he’s frustrated “we can’t… Continue reading
“St. Joseph County candidate nominated by two parties for one seat”
South Bend Tribune reports he may sue to keep D and R nominations.
“Ballot Speech”
Derek Muller has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming Arizona Law Review). Here is the abstract:
A ballot ostensibly has a simple purpose: it is the means by which the state determines the winners and the losers of an election.… Continue reading
“After hefty campaign donations, Bentley benefactor gets governor’s support to go nuclear”
The latest from Alabama.
New Poll Finds Wide Support for Voter ID Laws
Quinnipiac poll:
Florida voters support 77 – 20 percent, including 60 – 36 percent among Democrats, requiring voters to show photo ID.
[Ohio] Voters support 75 – 22 percent requiring voters to show photo ID. Democrats are divided with 50… Continue reading
“How Big Business Kills Third Party Candidates”
Lessig:
The law, however, permits corporations to support “nonpartisan activity,” so long as that activity is “designed to encourage individuals to vote or to register to vote.”
The FEC has interpreted this law to permits corporate sponsorship of presidential… Continue reading
“Disclosure Wars, Continued: Tax Returns”
“Asymmetrical Polarization Undermined? Thoughts on the New Pew Research Center’s Report on Political Polarization”
Tom Mann:
The new Pew Research Center report on polarization is a gold mine of insights into how the sharp partisan polarization, so pronounced in Congress and among political elites, has penetrated the broader public. Pew researchers trace significant… Continue reading
“Are Plutocrats Really Uniting?”
Paul Jossey:
The anti-First Amendment Campaign Legal Center recently hosted noted election-law professor Rick Hasen to discuss his book ‘Plutocrats United.’ Hasen presented the book’s reform themes of undue donor influence, corruption, and political inequality. And although… Continue reading
Justice Stevens Reflects on Indiana Voting Case, Calls It “Unfortunate”
Watch him at the 7th Circuit judicial conference with Justice Kagan and Judge Wood.
He says that he decided the case correctly on the record, but based on his own internet research on material outside the record he believed the… Continue reading