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    "Has Power Tipped in Favor of the High Court?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47903>

Posted on February 28, 2013 4:54 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47903> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Amanda Becker has written this piece 
<http://www.rollcall.com/news/has_power_tipped_in_favor_of_high_court-222758-1.html?pg=1>for 
Roll Call, which begins with comments made at yesterday's Supreme Court 
oral argument in /Shelby County/ about Congress.

The article discusses my soon to be published /Southern California Law 
Review /article, End of the Dialogue? Political Polarization, the 
Supreme Court and Congress 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2130190>.

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    "Virginia Governor Restores Scooter Libby's Voting Rights"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47900>

Posted on February 28, 2013 4:44 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47900> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CBS DC reports 
<http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/02/28/virginia-governor-restores-scooter-libbys-voting-rights/>.

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    "Americans risk losing our most sacred right"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47897>

Posted on February 28, 2013 4:40 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47897> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bill Press 
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-201302281800--tms--bpresstt--m-a20130228-20130228,0,5344718.column> 
on Shelby County.

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    "Is Campaign Spending Regulated Too Much, or Not Enough?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47894>

Posted on February 28, 2013 4:37 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47894> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Wendy Kaminer writes 
<http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/02/is-campaign-spending-regulated-too-much-or-not-enough/273573/>for 
/The Atlantic./

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    More SCOTUSBlog Shelby County Commentaries
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47891>

Posted on February 28, 2013 4:35 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47891> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Now by Ellen Katz 
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/02/post-argument-commentary-dismissing-deference/>and 
Abby Thernstrom 
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/02/commentary-on-shelby-county-v-holder/>.

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    "Analysis: In voting-rights case, liberal justices pitch to Kennedy"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47889>

Posted on February 28, 2013 4:33 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47889> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Joan Biskupic analysis 
<http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Legal/News/2013/02_-_February/Analysis__In_voting-rights_case,_liberal_justices_pitch_to_Kennedy/>.

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    "Antonin Scalia's Uber-Activism" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47887>

Posted on February 28, 2013 4:32 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47887> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

/The Economist/'s "Democracy in America" blogs 
<http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2013/02/voting-rights-act?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/antonin_scalia_s_uber_activism>.

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    "In Voting Rights, Scalia Sees a 'Racial Entitlement'"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47884>

Posted on February 28, 2013 4:30 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47884> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Amy Davidson blogs 
<http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/closeread/2013/02/in-voting-rights-scalia-sees-a-racial-entitlement.html> 
for /The New Yorker./

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    Hebert and Derfner on Section 5 vs. Section 2
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47881>

Posted on February 28, 2013 4:26 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47881> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Important blog post 
<http://www.clcblog.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=505:shelby-county-alabama-and-the-supreme-court>:

    We were both in the courtroom yesterday for the oral argument in the
    Shelby County, Alabama, voting rights case, and were particularly
    struck by one aspect of the arguments:  the strange persistence of
    the myth that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is an adequate
    substitute for Section 5.  The working theory seems to be that if
    Section 5 is declared unconstitutional or the coverage formula in
    Section 4 is struck down, there's always Section 2 of the Act.  We
    call that a theory because there is no basis in reality for
    believing it.

    Solicitor General Don Verrilli told the Justices that Section 2
    cases are not an adequate substitute for Section 5, emphasizing that
    the voter has to bear the burden of proof and other heavy burdens,
    including cost.  Attorney Debo Adegbile followed that up with the
    point that Sections 2 and 5 work in tandem, with Section 5 often
    needed to insure that gains won in Section 2 cases are protected.

     From our own perspective as two lawyers with more than a hundred
    Section 2 cases in our combined nearly 90 years of practice (forty
    years plus each), we have some points we think are important to
    consider as the Justices decide this case.  We would also note the
    importance of Supreme Court cases like /United States v. Raines/.

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    "True The Vote Fudges the Numbers in New Turnout Study"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47879>

Posted on February 28, 2013 4:24 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47879> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

    FairVote
    <http://www.fairvote.org/true-the-vote-fudges-the-numbers-in-new-turnout-study#.US_08RnpaVg>:

    True the Vote, an organization dedicated to eradicating voter fraud
    through controversial methods
    <http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-voting-rights-tea-party-20121004,0,3351653.story>,
    issued a report
    <http://www.scribd.com/doc/127481956/2012-Voter-Suppression-Myth> on
    February 27 concluding that voter ID laws and other election changes
    allegedly meant to reduce voter fraud not only did not have an
    adverse impact on turnout in the 2012 elections, but may have helped
    to increased turnout. Its findings have been trumpeted by many news
    outlets who do not believe such laws suppress voter turnout.

    But it turns out the report's authors made a huge methodological
    mistake. They compared turnout of /eligible /voters in 2008 to
    turnout of /registered /voters in 2012. Correcting this error
    reverses their findings. All but one of the states with these new
    laws experienced a decline in voter turnout, and most experienced a
    decline greater than the national turnout decline from 2008 to 2012.

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    "Key provision of Voting Rights Act imperiled"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47876>

Posted on February 28, 2013 4:21 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47876> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Marcia Coyle reports 
<http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleSCI.jsp?id=1202590104050> for NLJ.

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    Mary Orndorff Troyan on Shelby County Case
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47873>

Posted on February 28, 2013 4:17 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47873> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

One of the best reporters covering how /Shelby County /is playing in 
covered jurisdictions is Gannett's Mary Orndorff Troyan.  Gannett 
stories often don't come up in my news searches for some reason, so 
here's some catchup on three recent stories:

Voting Rights Act debated at U.S. Supreme Court: Shelby County asks if 
the law is still needed 
<http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013302280022&nclick_check=1>

Record number of exemptions complicates voting rights case 
<http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013302260006>

S.C. among states seeking to end review of their election procedures 
<http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013302230010&gcheck=1>

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    "Are Schools Still a Good Polling Place?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47870>

Posted on February 28, 2013 4:07 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47870> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

That's the lead story in this week'sElectionline Weekly 
<http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly>.

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    "Stacked Deck: How the Dominance of Politics by the Affluent &
    Business Undermines Economic Mobility in America"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47867>

Posted on February 28, 2013 4:05 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47867> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Demos has released a new report 
<http://www.demos.org/stacked-deck-how-dominance-politics-affluent-business-undermines-economic-mobility-america>. 
The takeaway, according the Center for Public Integrity 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/02/28/12249/report-campaign-law-changes-hasten-power-imbalance-between-rich-poor>, 
is that "The U.S. political system is increasingly gamed against 
Americans of modest means --- a situation exacerbated in recent years by 
major changes in the nation's campaign laws."

As I argue in this draft 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2220851>, it is time 
to put political equality back at the table in the discussion of 
campaign finance balancing, along with First Amendment rights of speech 
and association as well as concerns about corruption and conflict of 
interest.

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    Overseas Voter Foundation Likes Bauer-Ginsburg Commission
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47864>

Posted on February 28, 2013 3:55 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47864> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here. <https://www.overseasvotefoundation.org/oped-voting-commission>

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    "Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee: 'The Citizens
    United Court and the Continuing Importance of the Voting Rights
    Act'" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47861>

Posted on February 28, 2013 3:54 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=47861> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Anthony Johnstone has posted recent Senate testimony 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2226393> on SSRN.  
Here is the abstract:

    This testimony concerns the role of the Supreme Court in reviewing
    the constitutionality of "laws of democracy," including campaign
    finance regulation, election administration, and voting rights
    enforcement. It compares the different approaches the Court has
    taken toward two controversies, corporate campaign spending and
    voter identification laws, and attempts to draw some lessons from
    the comparison for the Court's pending review of the Voting Rights Act.

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