Monthly Archives: May 2018
Indiana: “Judge says suit against sheriff can go forward; Claims Gladieux wouldn’t allow jail inmates to vote”
“Free-speech complaint seeks dismissal of Huntington Beach’s effort to stop local gun ban petition”
Are Signs OK Saying a Vote for One Candidate in Maryland Governor’s Race is a Vote for Another? This Seems Dicey
Baltimore Sun:
The death of gubernatorial candidate Kevin Kamenetz continues to ripple through Maryland’s Democratic primary as state election officials struggle to replace his name with Valerie Ervin’s without having to toss the 1.5 million ballots they’ve already printed.
The… Continue reading
“Appeals Court Upholds Montana Campaign Finance Reform Law”
AP:
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in an order Wednesday that the 2015 state law to increase campaign reporting and disclosure meets constitutional muster.
You can find the unpublished, unanimous opinion at this … Continue reading
Court Uses Declaratory Judgment, Avoids Injunction to Get Trump to Unblock Twitter Followers: Will It Work?
I plan to do more blogging about Remedies, especially given my news about coming on the Laycock casebook. And here’s an especially nice illustration of an important Remedies issue in the news.
Yesterday a federal court held that President Trump’s… Continue reading
Voting Rights Scholars File SCOTUS Amicus Brief Urging Cert. Grant in Territorial Voting Case
Equally American Blog:
A petition to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking expanded voting rights in U.S. territories has received an important boost. Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands Bar Association, and leading voting rights scholars have each filed amicus briefs in… Continue reading
Very Important William & Mary Law Review Redistricting Symposium Now Available
Good things come to those who wait. This is a particularly important symposium, given all that has happened and soon will happen with redistricting.
Issue 5 (APRIL 2018)
ARTICLES:
A Reasonable Bias Approach to Gerrymandering: Using Automated Plan Generation to … Continue reading
“Lawsuit seeks to toss out Ohio’s congressional map in time for 2020 election”
Cleveland Plain Dealer:
A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in Cincinnati seeks to toss out Ohio’s gerrymandered congressional district map on constitutional grounds and create more balanced districts in time for the 2020 election.
If successful, the suit would move up… Continue reading
“Your Questions About Trump Jr.’s Foreign Campaign Meetings, Answered”
Bill Allison for Bloomberg.
Nonprofit Spending Millions of Dollars to Influence Federal Elections Asks D.C Circuit for Right to Do So Anonymously
Bloomberg BNA:
A nonprofit that is spending millions of dollars supporting Republicans in the midterm elections is the latest group to ask a federal appeals court to help keep its donors secret.
Three cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals… Continue reading
Giuliani: Russian Emails Helping Trump Campaign “Sort of Like a Gift”; But Campaign Acceptance of Things of Value from Foreign Nationals is Illegal
Oh my:
In a recent interview with HuffPost, Giuliani initially disputed the notion that Trump’s daily citing, in the final month of his campaign, of Russian-aligned WikiLeaks and its release of Russian-stolen emails constituted “colluding” with Russia.
“It is not,” … Continue reading
“Florida’s early voting ban on campus challenged in court”
Tampa Bay Times:
A new lawsuit accuses Gov. Rick Scott’s administration of making it more difficult for young people to vote by preventing early voting at public buildings on state university campuses.
The election-year complaint filed Tuesday by the League… Continue reading