Election Law
Covers the law of politics, including election law, campaign finance, legislation, voting rights, initiatives, redistricting, and U.S. Supreme Court nominations.
Author: Rick Hasen teaches law at Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles.
Blawg Related Categories: Election Law • Law Professors • Legislation & Lobbying • Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles • Law Professor
Recent Posts from Election Law
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"Risks involved with public financing"
Justin Nelson has written this oped in the Seattle Post Intelligencer....
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"Fundraising Ruling Prompts a Scramble; Opponents of Self-Financers Seek Advice"
The Washington Post offers this report....
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"Tempest in an Empty Teapot: Why the Constitution Does Not Regulate Gerrymandering"
Larry Alexander and Sai Prakash have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming William and Mary L. Rev.) Here is the abstract: Judges and scholars are convinced that the Constitution forbids gerrymandering that goes "too far"…
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"Economic View: Untying a Knot in Campaign Finance"
Robert Frank has this interesting column in tomorrow's NY Times....
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"Michigan judges could be asked to decide legality of ballot initiative that reduces number of judges"
Are all Michigan judges to recuse themselves?...
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"Courts asked to halt voter ID requirement for July 15"
The Atlanta Journal Constitution offers this report. I would think the chances that the courts would grant this injunction now are very small. The Supreme Court in Purcell v. Gonzalez cautioned against changing voter id…
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Interesting Development in Eleventh Circuit VRA Section 2 Case
Almost a year ago, I blogged about a 2-1 decision of the Eleventh Circuit in Thompson v. Glades County Board of County Commissioners. I wrote that the case "raises fascinating issues regarding the meaning of…
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July Preview
Looks like we're getting into July 4 quiet mode. Blogging will be light. I have been blogging less as I work on my draft Torts book for students (just completed the first half!), and then…
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"Future of Clean Elections program in limbo"
Possible fallout from Davis v. FEC in New Jersey....
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"Court orders change to German election law by 2011"
The court really cares about proportionality....