“O’Connor Not Confined By Conservatism”

USA Today offers this report, which notes the following of interest to election law: “During the past six months, O’Connor was the only justice who was in the majority to uphold the new campaign-finance law (a move that infuriated conservatives) and in the majority to prevent voting rights lawsuits against partisan gerrymanders (a move that irritated liberals).” Of course, in the latter case, there was no majority opinion.

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