[EL] Teaching Election Law this fall

[Reuben, Richard C.]

All,

I am teaching Election Law this fall using Lowenstein et al. In the past, I have just followed the path of the book, basically covering voting rights and election administration, and then campaign finance, with a few other issues here and there. This year, there is so much interest and energy in campaign finance that I am really tempted to start there and then work out to voting rights and election administration, even though the transition might be a little bumpier than going the other way. I would appreciate any thoughts on this, as well as syllabi from anyone who has done this.

Thanks,

Richard.


Richard C. Reuben
James Lewis Parks Professor of Law
University of Missouri School of Law
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Phone: 573-884-5204
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Personal Web: richardcreuben.com



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Election Law Journal 11:2, Symposium on Election Law in India, Now Available; Preview of 11:3<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36083>


Posted on June 22, 2012 9:43 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36083> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>


The new issue of Election Law Journal is out now<http://online.liebertpub.com/toc/elj/11/2>. It features a symposium on Election Law in India, the world's largest democracy, guest co-edited by Robert Moog and David Gilmartin of North Carolina State University. The symposium includes an article by Ellen Weintraub and Samuel Brown<http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/elj.2012.1123> comparing campaign finance disclosure in India and the U.S. The table of contents appears below.



This is our first issue devoted to another country's election system, part of our effort to enhance the journal's international coverage. In that same vein, we've added Graeme Orr<http://www.law.uq.edu.au/academic-staff/staff.php?nm=graemeorr&tab=> of the University of Queensland Law School as our International Editor, a new position for this issue.



Our next issue (11:3) will include articles by Donald Green, Melissa Michelson, Neil Malhotra, Andrew Healy, Allison Sovey Carnegie, and Ali Valenzuela; Bob Stein and Greg Vonnahme; Anthony Fowler, Conor Dowling, Ryan Enos, and Costas Panagopoulos; and Sarah Murray. It also includes a paper on Florida's recent early voting changes by Dan Smith and Michael Herron, and book reviews by Dan Ortiz and Zim Nwokora.



ELJ 11:2 - Table of Contents



The Party Line: Election Law Goes Global, by Daniel P. Tokaji and Paul Gronke



Symposium: Election Law in India

Introduction to "Election Law in India," by David Gilmartin and Robert Moog



Between Moral Force and Supplementary Legality: A Model Code of Conduct and the Election Commission of India, by Ujjwal Kumar Singh



Identifying Citizens: Electoral Rolls, the Right to Vote, and the Election Commission of India, by Anupama Roy



The Election Commission of India and the Regulation and Administration of Electoral Politics, by Alistair McMillan



A Seat at the Table: Reservations and Representation in India's Electoral System, by Wendy Singer



Identifying Criminals and Crorepatis in Indian Politics: An Analysis of Two Supreme Court Rulings, by Ronojoy Sen



Reforming India's Party Financing and Election Expenditure Laws, by M. V. Rajeev Gowda and E. Sridharan



Following the Money: Campaign Finance Disclosure in India and the United States, by Ellen L. Weintraub andSamuel C. Brown



Book Reviews



A Study of Interest Groups and Campaign Finance Reform in the United States and Canada, by Mark Rush



Diagnosing Delicate Systems: A Review of Three Books, by Kelly McNicholas

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Democracy Now on "Dark Money"<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36080>
Posted on June 22, 2012 9:06 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36080> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>


A recording of today's show on outside money in the 2012 election (Pt. 1 of 2) may be found here<http://www.democracynow.org/2012/6/22/dark_money_will_secret_spending_by>.

Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>|Comments Off
Argument on Florida Voting Law Changes<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36074>
Posted on June 22, 2012 8:54 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36074> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>



The AP has this report<http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/06/21/2861627/judges-hear-arguments-on-fla-voting.html> on yesterday's argument before a three-judge court, in which the state seeks Section 5 preclearance of portions of a 2011 law (HB 1355) limiting early voting and imposing new voter registration requirements. The Sun Sentinel reports here<http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-06-21/business/fl-election-review-court-hearing-20120621_1_voter-registration-black-voters-women-voters> that an "attorney representing Florida told a federal three-judge panel in Washington on Thursday that the state may withdraw its request for judicial approval of the registration limits, part of a 2011 rewrite of the state's elections law." The filings in Florida v. United States may be found here<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/FloridavUS.php>.

Posted in voter registration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>, Voting Rights Act<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>|Comments Off|
An Open Primary Amendment?<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36062>
Posted on June 22, 2012 7:57 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36062> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>


David Law has this post<http://hive.slate.com/hive/how-can-we-fix-constitution/article/wheres-the-party> on Slate, arguing that the Constitution should be amended to mandate open primaries as a way of dealing with increased partisan polarization. I'm not holding my breath. The polarization problem is real. But would an open primary really be that much better than the nonpartisan blanket primary that the Court upheld against a facial challenge in Washington State Grange<http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/06-713.ZS.html>? (This is a real, not a rhetorical, question.)

Posted in political parties<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, political polarization<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>|Comments Off
Alter on "Republicans' Voter Suppression Project"<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36059>
Posted on June 22, 2012 7:46 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36059> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>


Jonathan Alter has this commentary<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-21/republicans-voter-suppression-project-grinds-on.html> on Bloomberg View, focusing on a proposed Michigan law that would impomse new rules on private registration efforts. A snippet: "Across the country, the Republicans' carefully orchestrated plan to make voting harder - let's call it the Voter Suppression Project - may keep just enough young people and minorities from the polls that Republicans will soon be in charge of all three branches of the federal government."

Posted in The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter registration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>|Comments Off
News and Commentary on Knox v. SEIU<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36056>
Posted on June 22, 2012 7:43 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36056> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>


NPR<http://www.npr.org/2012/06/21/155538749/supreme-court-tips-scale-against-the-unions>, LA Times<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-court-unions-20120622,0,4893502.story>, and MSNBC<http://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/21/12343048-high-court-deals-another-blow-to-public-sector-unions?lite> report on yesterday's decision<http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-1121c4d6.pdf> holding that a public-sector union violated the First Amendment by imposing a special assessment for referendum-related expenses without consent. Heritage praises the decision here<http://blog.heritage.org/2012/06/21/supreme-court-upholds-workers-rights-not-to-fund-union-politics/>, Think Progress criticizes it here<http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/06/21/503976/latest-supreme-court-decision-another-conservative-attack-on-unions/?mobile=nc>.



Update: Ben Sachs offers his thoughts on the decision here<http://afjjusticewatch.blogspot.com/2012/06/supreme-courts-anti-union-ruling.html>, arguing that it could post an "existential threat to public

sector unions."

Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, referendum<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=56>, Supreme Court<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>|Comments Off
"Left Girds for Voting Rights Battle"<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36051>
Posted on June 22, 2012 6:58 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36051> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>


Politico has this report<http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=4950F944-6089-4837-8CB5-62BE4041DDF6> on labor unions' and civil rights groups efforts to register voters and combat laws like voter ID that they say threaten to suppress the vote.

Posted in voter id<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>|Comments Off
"Chamber's 'Independent Expenditures' for Hatch Ad Bypass Donor Disclosure"<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36047>
Posted on June 22, 2012 6:50 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36047> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>



BNA reports here<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/display/link_res.adp?lt=email&fname=A0D3G6Y4C3&lf=eml&emc=mpdm:mpdm:108> ($).

Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>|Comments Off
Wagner on Prison-Based Gerrymandering<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36043>
Posted on June 22, 2012 6:42 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36043> by Dan Tokaji<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>



Peter Wagner of the Prison Policy Initiative has this article<http://www.wmitchell.edu/lawreview/Volume38/documents/2.Wagner.pdf> in the Spring 2012 issue of the William Mitchell Law Review, entitled "Breaking the Census: Redistricting in an Era of Mass Incarceration." He also has this blog post<http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2012/06/21/scotus-conference/> on the case challenging Maryland's law ending prison-based gerrymandering.

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