Monthly Archives: August 2016
“Is North Carolina Trying To Lose One Of The Biggest Voting Rights Cases In The Nation?”
Ian Millhiser for Think Progress.
Millhiser: “The whole brief is written to piss off liberals. Opening with Crawford & Shelby County? Why not Lochner & Korematsu!”
Farias: This from North Carolina to #SCOTUS strikes me as rather … odd:… Continue reading
“Records contradict Bayh’s assertion over staying in Indiana”
CNN:
Evan Bayh pushed back at an interviewer last month when he was asked if he would move back to Indiana now that he is running to win back his old Senate seat.
“I’ve never left,” he told WISH-TV.… Continue reading
“Libertarians can swap in Gary Johnson’s name on Ohio ballot, Jon Husted rules”
The latest from Ohio:
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted on Monday gave the green light for Libertarians to swap in presidential nominee Gary Johnson’s name as an independent on the November ballot.
Husted’s ruling ends questions about whether Ohio… Continue reading
“North Carolina Took 17 Days to Ask Supreme Court to Rescue Its Voter ID Law”
Cristian Farias for HuffPo.
“Donald Trump will be the nominee of two parties on California’s November ballot”
Goldfeder’s Presidential Quiz
“North Carolina appeals voter ID ruling to the Supreme Court”
Ariane de Vogue reports for CNN.
Politifact Awards Trump #PantsOnFire for Claim Democrats are “Rigging” Election
The Difference Between Illegal Voter Intimidation and Permissible Election Observation Under RNC Decree
I’ve argued that if Trump is an agent of the RNC, his new plans to stop “election rigging” could run afoul of a consent decree aimed at stopping the RNC from such activities. But all agree that parties and candidates… Continue reading
7th Cir. Panel Denies Reconsideration of Stay in WI Voter ID Case; En Banc Still Pending
Scheduled to Be on All in With Chris Hayes Talking Trump and Voter Intimidation
Tune in at 8 eastern/5 pacific (with guest host @arimelber)
Breaking: North Carolina Files Emergency #SCOTUS Stay Request in Voting Case
A full 17 days after the 4th Circuit held that challenged provisions of North Carolina’s voting law had to be blocked because they were passed with a racially discriminatory purpose, the state of North Carolina has filed this petition asking… Continue reading
9th Circuit Rejects Democratic Party Challenge to Hawaii Open Primary Law
The unanimous opinion is here.
I had always read Supreme Court cases like Tashjian and CA Democratic Party v. Jones as standing for the principle that if the party objects to the open or closed nature of a primary,… Continue reading