[EL] AALS program on "voter suppression"

[Rick Hasen]

I have heard nothing about this program.  And I agree with you that the 
title is not one that I would use for an AALS program.

Rick

On 9/4/12 12:35 PM, Scarberry, Mark wrote:
>
> The Association of American Law Schools has invited faculty to propose 
> "hot topic" programs for the upcoming January annual meeting in New 
> Orleans. In connection with that invitation, the AALS provides the 
> following information:
>
> "We want to make you aware of two programs already scheduled for the 
> Annual Meeting.
>
> One is the AALS Committee on Professional Development Hot Topic 
> Workshop on 'Voter Suppression and the 2012 Election' ...."
>
> I'm sure this will be a good program; balance is another question. 
> Perhaps Rick or someone else knows who the presenters will be. The 
> voter suppression workshop does not seem to be listed in the detailed 
> program booklet. See http://aals.org/am2013/AM2013%20Program.pdf.
>
> I wonder whether it is appropriate for the AALS to use the phrase 
> "Voter Suppression" in the description of the program. That seems to 
> presuppose that proponents of voter id laws and perhaps other voting 
> regulations (such as active review of voter rolls to eliminate dead or 
> ineligible persons) are engaged in voter suppression. it also makes me 
> wonder whether the program will be at all balanced. You would hardly 
> want to balance a program by including people who want to engage in 
> voter suppression, would you? I'd think inclusion of the phrase 
> "voting integrity"  would have signaled a more balanced approach. I'm 
> also not sure that this topic is ordinarily one that a "Professional 
> Development" committee would deal with. Perhaps the scope of that 
> committee's responsibilities is broader than the name suggests.
>
> Mark
>
> Mark S. Scarberry
>
> Pepperdine Univ. School of Law
>
> Malibu, CA 90263
>
> (310)506-4667
>
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