[EL] AALS program on "voter suppression"

[Rick Hasen]

I would suggest that Mr. Bopp and Mr. Johnson take this discussion 
somewhere aside from the listserv.

Thanks.

Rick

On 9/4/12 4:27 PM, Jboppjr wrote:
> If so, why cannot your side prove just one live person in court who is 
> disenfranchised. Jim Bopp
>
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note™, an AT&T LTE smartphone
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>
> -------- Original message --------
> Subject: Re: [EL] AALS program on "voter suppression"
> From: Dan Johnson <dan at kchrlaw.com>
> To: Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu>
> CC: Re: [EL] AALS program on "voter suppression"
>
>
> Well, as a positive matter, that's what these laws do: suppress 
> participation. I don't find that shrill to point out, but it's your 
> listserv.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 4, 2012, at 4:34 PM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu 
> <mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu>> wrote:
>
> Please let's not go down this road again.  It does seem that in the 
> last few weeks we have improved in discussing substance and reducing 
> the number of shriller comments and personal attacks.
>
> I hope we can continue on this trajectory.
>
> Rick
>
> On 9/4/12 2:31 PM, Dan Johnson wrote:
>> However accurate it may be as a positive matter...
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Sep 4, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu 
>> <mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu>> wrote:
>>
>> 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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> Rick Hasen
> Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science
> UC Irvine School of Law
> 401 E. Peltason Dr., Suite 1000
> Irvine, CA 92697-8000
> 949.824.3072 - office
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-- 
Rick Hasen
Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science
UC Irvine School of Law
401 E. Peltason Dr., Suite 1000
Irvine, CA 92697-8000
949.824.3072 - office
949.824.0495 - fax
rhasen at law.uci.edu
http://law.uci.edu/faculty/page1_r_hasen.html
http://electionlawblog.org
Now available: The Voting Wars: http://amzn.to/y22ZTv

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