Election Law at Moritz

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July 7, 2010

11:21
"ACLU Intervenes In Georgia Voting Rights Act Challenge"
See this press release....
11:16
"Unions outspending corporations on campaign ads despite court ruling"
The Washington Post offers this report. See also this Time magazine article on CU, Brad Smith criticizing Senator Schumer on DISCLOSE, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy on CU and the Kagan confirmation, and this interesting post on transparency and campaign finance by Alix...

July 6, 2010

23:56
NYT Covers Black Panther/Christian Adams Case
Here....
23:50
"Doe v. Reed a Disappointment on Several Fronts"
Dale A. Oesterle has written this commentary for Election Law@Moritz....
23:42
"Secret donors make [Justice] Thomas's wife's group tea party player"
Fascinating read at Politico, especially when juxtaposed with Justice Thomas's views about anonymity in political activity....
23:39
"Is Online Voter Registration the Future?"
David Orr, the Cook County (IL.) Clerk, blogs at Huffington Post....
23:36
"GOP Moves Toward West Virginia Suit"
Hotline On Call reports....
10:54
DISCLOSE Act Heading to Senate Filibuster?
A Roll Call report ($) entitled "Democrats Upbeat on Campaign Finance Bill," says: "Schumer, former Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chairman and author of the Senate version of the bill, and Reid told House Democratic brass in a bicameral leadership huddle...
10:45
"The New Black Panther Case: A Conservative Dissent; Never mind this one-off stunt by fringe radicals; the DOJ is engaged in much more important voting-rights mischief."
This must-read column by Abby Thernstrom makes two important points: (1) the Black Panther case seems much ado about nothing; (2) the important action in the DOJ voting rights section will come when it must approve redistricting requests under section...
10:40
Quote of the Day
"If Citizens United is considered by the Federal Election Commission to be a press entity exempt from all campaign finance laws, it's difficult to imagine a political advocacy organization that wouldn't be exempt in the eyes of the current FEC."...