[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/3/13

Wed Jul 3 08:27:05 PDT 2013

    "North Carolina Speeds Up to Run Election Red Light?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52553>

Posted on July 3, 2013 8:25 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52553> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Michael McDonald 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-p-mcdonald/north-carolina-speeds-up_b_3536128.html>: 
"So, Republicans would be wise to remember that they are still bound by 
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. If they interpret the Supreme 
Court's yellow light as an opportunity to speed up and implement new 
laws without foresight, they may themselves running a red light. The 
penalty may not be only an overturning of the offending law, but some 
proverbial jail time, too."

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    "Many Criticize Voting Rights Ruling; Partisan Splits on Gay
    Marriage Continue" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52550>

Posted on July 3, 2013 7:49 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52550> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

ABC-WaPo poll: 
<http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/07/many-criticize-voting-rights-ruling-partisan-splits-on-gay-marriage-continue/>

    Americans across racial groups are critical of the Supreme Court's
    ruling on the Voting Rights Act, with disapproval of the decision
    exceeding approval by 15 percentage points among whites as well as
    by a vast 45-point margin among African-Americans.

    Overall, just 33 percent of Americans approve of the ruling
    dismantling a key element of the voting law, while 51 percent
    disapprove (leaving 15 percent unsure). Among blacks, disapproval of
    the ruling soars to 71 percent in the latest ABC News/Washington
    Post poll.

    See PDF with full results, charts and tables here.
    <http://www.langerresearch.com/uploads/1144a24SCOTUSDecisions.pdf>

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    "Local Government Ethics Programs 2.0?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52547>

Posted on July 3, 2013 7:46 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52547> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

At City Ethics <http://www.cityethics.org/ethics%20book>:

    *NEW!* /*Local Government Ethics Programs 2.0,*/
    <http://www.cityethics.org/ethics%20book> the second, updated,
    improved and expanded edition of this free, comprehensive digital
    resource book for ethics commission members, ethics reformers, local
    government attorneys, local officials, journalists, and anyone else
    interested in learning more about government ethics. By Robert
    Wechsler, Director of Research.

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    "Suit Against Contractor Contribution Ban in Albuquerque"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52544>

Posted on July 3, 2013 7:44 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52544> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This item 
<http://www.cityethics.org/content/suit-against-contractor-contribution-ban-albuquerque> 
appears at CityEthics.org.

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    "What Now for Voting Rights Advocates?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52542>

Posted on July 3, 2013 7:43 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52542> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This item 
<http://bolderadvocacy.org/blog/what-now-for-voting-rights-advocates> 
appears at Bolder Advocacy.

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    "The Mega-Donor Glass Ceiling" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52540>

Posted on July 3, 2013 7:42 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52540> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico 
<http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/women-campaign-contributions-donors-93683.html>: 
"Women are breaking barriers in all parts of the political world. But 
when it comes to campaign contributions, there's barely a crack in the 
glass ceiling."

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    "The Walking Dead Supreme Court" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52536>

Posted on July 2, 2013 1:57 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52536> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ciara-torresspelliscy/the-walking-dead-supreme-_b_3535208.html> 
on /Shelby County/ and more.

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    "Project Vote Releases Policy Paper on Permanent Portable Voter
    Registration" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52534>

Posted on July 2, 2013 1:55 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52534> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Press release 
<http://projectvote.org/component/content/article/251-Voter%20Registration/1014-project-vote-releases-policy-paper-on-permanent-portable-voter-registration.html>: 
"Continuing in our /Issues in Election Administration/ series, today 
Project Vote is releasing a new policy paper on Permanent Portable 
Registration 
<http://projectvote.org/images/publications/Permanent%20Portable%20Voter%20Registration/POLICY-PAPER-Permanent-Portable-Registration-July-2013.pdf>. 
You can read and download this new paper here 
<http://projectvote.org/images/publications/Permanent%20Portable%20Voter%20Registration/POLICY-PAPER-Permanent-Portable-Registration-July-2013.pdf>."

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    "In Search of Skidmore" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52531>

Posted on July 2, 2013 12:17 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52531> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Important analysis 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2287343>by Peter 
Strauss:

    In a coup en banc, Justice Scalia appears to have converted his
    lonely and furious dissent from United States v. Mead Corp. into the
    eight to one majority holding in City of Arlington v. FCC. Much will
    doubtless be said about this opinion, as about all Chevron matters
    generally, but to note here is that 186 years of precedent for the
    proposition that judges interpreting statutes involving agency
    authority should give substantial weight to agency views has simply
    disappeared. Whether agencies have authority to act, a legal
    question, is either all Chevron (the majority) or no deference at
    all (Chief Justice Roberts' dissent). The centuries-old proposition
    Justice Jackson captured in Skidmore v. Swift & Co. receives passing
    mention only in the solitary opinion of Justice Breyer.

    Perhaps as remarkable is that the statutory command that agency
    conclusion must be reasonable has disappeared alongside Skidmore.
    "Permissible" is now the judicially enforceable limit, if this
    opinion is to be believed.

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    "Ex-chef: Governor McDonnell used Virginia assets for personal,
    political purposes" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52528>

Posted on July 2, 2013 11:04 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52528> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The latest 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-politics/ex-chef-governor-mcdonnell-used-virginia-assets-for-personal-political-purposes/2013/07/01/7a6d9d1e-e277-11e2-aef3-339619eab080_story.html?wprss=rss_virginia-politics>from 
Va.

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    "Why are liberal justices signing opinions that could be ticking
    conservative time bombs?" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52525>

Posted on July 2, 2013 10:31 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52525> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The ABA Journa 
<http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/why_are_liberal_justices_signing_opinions_that_could_be_ticking_conservativ/>l 
on my recent Slate piece 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/07/are_the_liberals_on_the_supreme_court_savvy_or_suckers.html>.

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    Poll: Public Opposes Shelby Voting Rights Decision 49%-40%
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52522>

Posted on July 2, 2013 10:19 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52522> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Part of a /USA Today 
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/07/01/poll-supreme-court-gay-marriage-affirmative-action-voting-rights/2479541/>/pol 
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/07/01/poll-supreme-court-gay-marriage-affirmative-action-voting-rights/2479541/>l 
on the Court.

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UC Irvine School of Law
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