[EL] Voter ID isn't a game-changer (paraphrasing)

[Thomas J. Cares]

Adding to Justin's response: Burdens are burdens, and they affect the
numbers. The important thing is disparities.

If everyone, in a state, whose last names start with "LAR," "LAS," and
"LAT," accidentally got removed from voter rolls, it may disenfranchise
thousands of would-be voters, but probably wouldn't contort the Republic
[FN 1] (especially since it's done incidentally and is not an ongoing
policy telling policymakers they need not really care about their
constituents with those names).

This is a burden that affects turn out,

except, not on anyone who drives (legally), not on anyone who ever takes a
vacation that involves checking into a decent hotel (certainly not on
anyone who enjoys international travel), and perhaps not on those who have
bank accounts (lest they opened one before their IDs may have expired).

It contorts the republic to further disfavor the underclass.

And there's no empirical evidence suggesting that it saves our republic
from bona fide harmful voter fraud.

So it targets the underclass.

Perhaps I should not have given an off-topic example of a policy that might
not be, if the underclass were better represented. But that was essentially
the point. The default remedy for people not paying traffic fines would
seem to be giving those fines the power of a civil judgment, which may be
collected by putting liens on assets, garnishing wages, etc. Policymakers
in California (and likely other states) took affirmative actions to go
beyond that and have it be a misdemeanor to continue driving after you
don't pay those fines, regardless of the fact that the fines are not
proportional to income. Of course, this disproportionately puts misdemeanor
convictions on those below the middle-middle class (it may not be that
indigents are targeted by that policy - the state may simply just want the
strongest incentives for punctually paying traffic fines, even for the
wealthy - they just disregard that the lower class, by virtue of their
being in the lower class, becomes prone to having their cars impounded and
misdemeanors slapped on them because of it (I just think it's interesting
that most licenses aren't suspended for points, or DUI convictions - things
that are blind to financial dispositions - but for failure to pay fines)
[FN 2]. Again my only point was that if indigents were better represented
there are many policies that probably wouldn't be (and many new ones that
might be)). But that's way off topic. If you want to have the last word on
that, I certainly won't reply on-list. The bigger point is that elections,
sacred as we may see them, are pretty much just a means to an end (here's
an argument<http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_x_li_a_tale_of_two_political_systems.html>,
to which I don't subscribe, that you don't even need them) - public policy
that serves the welfare of the masses. When some are disparaged in
elections, policies will come to not serve their welfare so well.

And so,
Voter ID may have apocalyptic public policy effects on those who live
non-grandiose lives where they need not show ID; it hinders, if not
eliminates, their affirmative electoral powers and immunizes policymakers
from their backlash.


-Thomas Cares

FN 1.  (I just made up those letters - if there is ethnic
disproportionality among names starting with those letters, then that was a
bad example).

FN 2. It's actually enough to cause someone to end up at Los Angeles's
infamous-for-human-rights-violations Men's Central
Jail<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sheriff-text-20121117,0,7884988.story>
.



On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 5:37 PM, Joe La Rue <joseph.e.larue at gmail.com>wrote:

> Two quick sets of questions in reply. First, is it not true that in most
> states proposing voter ID laws these days, ID cards would be given to the
> indigent for free? If so, how can you claim that voter ID laws "target" the
> "underclass?"
>
> Second, you assume that those who do not pay traffic fines lack the
> ability to do so. Is it not possible that many simply refuse to pay because
> they think themselves above the law? Regardless, if one believes himself
> too poor to pay traffic fines, shouldn't he choose to obey - rather than
> break - traffic laws? What has happened to personal responsibility?
>
> On Jul 23, 2013, at 10:14 AM, "Thomas J. Cares" <Tom at TomCares.com> wrote:
>
> I'd like to chime in quickly (though I could write tens of thousands of
> words evaluating how the nuances - big and small - of our democratic
> republic disparage effective representation for America's
> underclass/struggling).
>
> Voter ID may circumstantially disparage non-whites and/or Democrats, but
> that's not the primary descriptor for those upon whom its target falls -
> our underclass: those who don't bank, travel, drive, etc.
>
> It may never be a game changer in determining the nationally dominant
> party [FN 1], but that doesn't mean it's not significant in further
> disparaging effective representation for the underclass.
>
> While there are surely thousands, I'll include one example of how this
> manifests.
>
> If I remember some old research correctly, a plurality of misdemeanor
> convictions in California are for driving on a suspended license and
> (unless I remember incorrectly, in which case I apologize for the error)
> most of those misdemeanor-conviction-yielding suspensions are for failure
> to pay traffic fines.
>
> ...We give people misdemeanors for simultaneously being indigent and doing
> something which most adult livelihoods depend on.
>
> That's without a voter ID law - possibly just an effect of the partisan
> primaries (before top two was implemented), which were almost-always the
> only deciding election in legislative contests and had very low turnouts of
> which indigents were negligible..
>
> I do suspect that some legislators simply prefer to be more in the service
> of the affluent and comfortable than the poor and struggling; particularly,
> I think some concern is owed to the intra-party effects of voter ID.
>
> I recall there was once puzzlement on this listserv about Rhode Island's
> democratic legislature adopting voter ID.
>
> It's not a puzzle. There are democratic legislators who'd prefer to
> further imbalance the influence and representation of affluent and
> comfortable democrats over those not-so-economically-comfortable.
>
> In summary, I wouldn't dismiss it being an "apocalypse" for the hope of
> getting policy-makers and the organism of government to care about those
> who don't have cars or bank accounts.
>
>
> -Thomas Cares
>
> FN 1. However, when you compound many distorting factors such as
> gerrymandering, disparate per-capita influence resulting from the US Senate
> and Electoral College, and then add on new things like Voter ID (and the
> bill described in the second post below, etc), I wouldn't write off that
> 'aggregated distortions' can surely determine the nationally dominant party.
>
> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:
>
>>   “Finally, Real Numbers on Voter ID”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53331>
>> Posted on July 23, 2013 9:21 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53331> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Nate Cohn<http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113986/voter-id-north-carolina-law-hurts-democrats>
>> :
>>
>> These data leave no question about whether voter ID laws have a disparate
>> impact on non-white voters. In that sense, Democratic fears and Republican
>> hopes are confirmed. But the North Carolina data also suggests that voter
>> ID laws are unlikely to flip the outcome of a national election, even if it
>> does have an objectionable, disparate impact on non-white and
>> Democratic-leaning voters. That doesn’t mean it couldn’t play a role in a
>> close election—and close elections do happen. But Republicans expecting to
>> flip Pennsylvania or Democrats fearing that Republicans will steal
>> elections with voter ID should be circumspect about the comparatively
>> modest electoral consequences. Many of the registered voters without a
>> photo ID just aren’t voting and 40 percent of them are probably voting
>> Republican. If you want voter ID because you think you’ll steal
>> Pennsylvania, or you’re opposed because you’re concerned it’s a Democratic
>> apocalypse, move on. It’s not the apocalypse, even if it is an affront to
>> voting rights.
>>
>> That’s pretty much the conclusion I drew last year in *The Voting Wars<http://www.amazon.com/The-Voting-Wars-Election-Meltdown/dp/0300198248/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1329286945&sr=1-2-catcorr>
>> *.  What’s missing from this analysis is the role that the voter id
>> debate plays on both sides in driving up turnout and spurring fundraising.
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D53331&title=%E2%80%9CFinally%2C%20Real%20Numbers%20on%20Voter%20ID%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
>> The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments Off
>>   “North Carolina Republicans Push Extreme Voter Suppression Measures”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53328>
>> Posted on July 23, 2013 9:17 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53328> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Ari Berman’s latest:<http://www.thenation.com/blog/175395/north-carolina-republicans-push-extreme-voter-suppression-measures#>
>>
>>  Here are the details<https://m.facebook.com/joshhstein/posts/10200895286880231?refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2F820nAsXgre&refid=9&_rdr#_=_>,
>> via North Carolina State Senator Josh Stein (D-Wake County):
>>
>> If anyone had any doubt about the bill’s intent to suppress voters, all
>> he/she has to do is read it. The bill now does the following:
>>
>> *shortens early voting by 1 week,
>> *eliminates same day registration and provisional voting if at wrong
>> precinct,
>> *prevents counties from offering voting on last Saturday before the
>> election beyond 1 pm,
>> *prevents counties from extending poll hours by one hour on election day
>> in extraordinary circumstances (like lengthy lines),
>> *eliminates state supported voter registration drives and
>> preregistration for 16/17 year olds,
>> *repeals voter owned judicial elections and straight party voting,
>> *increases number of people who can challenge voters inside the precinct,
>> and
>> *purges voter rolls more often.
>>
>> Meanwhile, it floods the democratic process with more money. The bill
>> makes it easier for outside groups to spend on electioneering and reduces
>> disclosure of the sources. It also raises the contribution limits to $5k
>> per person per election from $4k and indexes to amount to rise with
>> inflation.
>>
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>>   Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1> | Comments
>> Off
>>   “RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) TOP 10
>> Papers for Journal of LSN: Election Law & Voting Rights (Topic)”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53325>
>> Posted on July 23, 2013 9:06 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53325> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> I’ll try to post the SSRN Recent Hits in this area every two months:
>>
>>
>>
>> * RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) *
>> *TOP 10 Papers for Journal of LSN: Election Law & Voting Rights (Topic)*
>> <rss_small.png><http://papers.ssrn.com/publicRss/rssManagerInc.cfm?journalId=991929>
>>  *May 24, 2013 to July 23, 2013*
>>
>>   Rank Downloads Paper Title  1  167  *The Seventeenth Amendment and
>> Federalism in an Age of National Political Parties*
>> <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2269077>
>>  David Schleicher<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=469670>
>> ,
>> George Mason University – School of Law, Faculty,
>> *Date posted to database: *May 25, 2013
>> *Last Revised: *May 25, 2013   2  163  *Three Wrong Progressive
>> Approaches (and One Right One) to Campaign Finance Reform*
>> <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2293979>
>>  Richard L. Hasen<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=337>
>> ,
>> University of California, Irvine – School of Law,
>> *Date posted to database: *July 15, 2013
>> *Last Revised: *July 19, 2013   3  150  *Shelby County and the Illusion
>> of Minimalism*
>> <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2291612>
>>  Richard L. Hasen<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=337>
>> ,
>> University of California, Irvine – School of Law,
>> *Date posted to database: *July 9, 2013
>> *Last Revised: *July 9, 2013   4  76  *A Reply to Professors Cain and
>> Charles* <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2288725>
>>  Lawrence Lessig<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=17068>
>> ,
>> Harvard University – Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard Law
>> School,
>> *Date posted to database: *July 4, 2013
>> *Last Revised: *July 4, 2013   5  70  *Fixing 501(c)(4): Recalibrating
>> the Tax Subsidy for Lobbying and Political Activity*
>> <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2274827>
>>  David S. Miller<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=243768>
>> ,
>> Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft,
>> *Date posted to database: *June 7, 2013
>> *Last Revised: *June 7, 2013   6  61  *Alexander’s Genius*
>> <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2268206>
>>  Mitchell N. Berman<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=136813>
>> ,
>> University of Texas School of Law,
>> *Date posted to database: *May 23, 2013
>> *Last Revised: *June 12, 2013   7  47  *Corruption Temptation*
>> <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2272189>
>>  Guy-Uriel E. Charles<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=282370>
>> ,
>> Duke Law School,
>> *Date posted to database: *May 31, 2013
>> *Last Revised: *May 31, 2013   8  47  *Photo ID, Provisional Balloting,
>> and Indiana’s 2012 Primary Election*
>> <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2277858>
>>  Michael J. Pitts<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=405097>
>> ,
>> Indiana University – Robert H. McKinney School of Law,
>> *Date posted to database: *June 13, 2013
>> *Last Revised: *July 8, 2013   9  37  *A Cure Worse than the Disease?*
>> <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2272180>
>>  Ellen D. Katz<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=265855>
>> ,
>> University of Michigan Law School,
>> *Date posted to database: *May 31, 2013
>> *Last Revised: *June 6, 2013   10  35  *The Election Law Connection and
>> U.S. Federalism*
>> <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2110776>
>>  Kirsten Nussbaumer<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1642677>
>> ,
>> Stanford University,
>> *Date posted to database: *July 17, 2012
>> *Last Revised: *June 11, 2013
>> <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D53325&title=%E2%80%9CRECENT%20HITS%20%28for%20all%20papers%20announced%20in%20the%20last%2060%20days%29%20TOP%2010%20Papers%20for%20Journal%20of%20LSN%3A%20Election%20Law%20%26%20Voting%20Rights%20%28Topic%29%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in pedagogy <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=23> | Comments Off
>>   Archived Webcast of UCI Law Supreme Court Term in Review Now Available<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53321>
>> Posted on July 23, 2013 9:00 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53321> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Watch here: <http://youtu.be/xCYz5jFtijI> [corrected link]
>>
>>    - Mario Barnes<http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/barnes/index.html>,
>>    UCI Law
>>    - Joan Biskupic <http://blogs.reuters.com/joan-biskupic/>, Reuters
>>    - Erwin Chemerinsky<http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/chemerinsky/index.html>,
>>    UCI Law
>>    - Miguel Estrada <http://www.gibsondunn.com/lawyers/mestrada>, Gibson
>>    Dunn (DC office)
>>    - Adam Liptak <http://www.nytimes.com/ref/us/bio-liptak.html>, New
>>    York Times
>>    - Doug NeJaime<http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/nejaime/index.html>,
>>    UCI Law
>>    - Moderated by Rick Hasen<http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/index.html>,
>>    UCI Law
>>
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D53321&title=Archived%20Webcast%20of%20UCI%20Law%20Supreme%20Court%20Term%20in%20Review%20Now%20Available&description=>
>>   Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29> | Comments
>> Off
>>   “Watchdogs’ Filing Reminds FEC that it Has No Authority to Declare
>> Federal Laws Unconstitutional” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53318>
>> Posted on July 23, 2013 8:56 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53318> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> See here<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2197:july-23-2013-watchdogs-filing-reminds-fec-that-it-has-no-authority-to-declare-federal-laws-unconstitutional&catid=63:legal-center-press-releases&Itemid=61>
>> .
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>>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>> Off
>>   “Michele Bachmann says Barack Obama can use executive order to give
>> voting rights to illegal immigrants legalized under Senate bill”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53316>
>> Posted on July 23, 2013 8:55 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53316> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> PANTS ON FIRE!<http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jul/23/michele-bachmann/michele-bachmann-says-barack-obama-can-use-executi/>
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D53316&title=%E2%80%9CMichele%20Bachmann%20says%20Barack%20Obama%20can%20use%20executive%20order%20to%20give%20voting%20rights%20to%20illegal%20immigrants%20legalized%20under%20Senate%20bill%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1> | Comments
>> Off
>>   “The Aftermath of Shelby County v. Holder: Will Voting Rights Be
>> Diminished?” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53314>
>> Posted on July 23, 2013 8:53 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53314> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Norman Siegel and Janos Marton blog.<http://www.citylandnyc.org/the-aftermath-of-shelby-county-v-holder-will-voting-rights-be-diminished/>
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D53314&title=%E2%80%9CThe%20Aftermath%20of%20Shelby%20County%20v.%20Holder%3A%20Will%20Voting%20Rights%20Be%20Diminished%3F%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments
>> Off
>>   “OPEN Act Would End Secret Corporate Political Spending”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53312>
>> Posted on July 23, 2013 8:52 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53312> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> *Corporate Counsel*<http://www.law.com/corporatecounsel/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202610945950&kw=OPEN%20Act%20Would%20End%20Secret%20Corporate%20Political%20Spending&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal&cn=20130723&src=EMC-Email&pt=Daily%20Headlines>reports.<http://www.law.com/corporatecounsel/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202610945950&kw=OPEN%20Act%20Would%20End%20Secret%20Corporate%20Political%20Spending&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal&cn=20130723&src=EMC-Email&pt=Daily%20Headlines>
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>>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>> Off
>>   “House Committees Want IRS Chief Counsel’s Documents”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53310>
>> Posted on July 23, 2013 8:51 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53310> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> *Corporate Counsel *reports<http://www.law.com/corporatecounsel/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202611268741&kw=House%20Committees%20Want%20IRS%20Chief%20Counsel%27s%20Documents&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal&cn=20130723&src=EMC-Email&pt=Daily%20Headlines&slreturn=20130623115148>
>> .
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>>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax
>> law and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22> | Comments Off
>>   “IRS Scrutinized Some Liberal Groups”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53305>
>> Posted on July 22, 2013 7:40 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53305> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Politico reports.<http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/irs-scrutinized-liberal-groups-94556.html?hp=l3>
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D53305&title=%E2%80%9CIRS%20Scrutinized%20Some%20Liberal%20Groups%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax
>> law and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22> | Comments Off
>>   “Julius Henson ‘Robo Call’ Verdict Affirmed by Md. Appeals court”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53303>
>> Posted on July 22, 2013 7:38 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53303> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> AP <http://afro.com/sections/news/baltimore/story.htm?storyid=78650>:
>> “Maryland’s second-highest court has affirmed the verdict<http://www.mdcourts.gov/opinions/cosa/2013/1046s12.pdf>in the election fraud trial of a campaign consultant involving Election Day
>> automated calls that prosecutors said were aimed at keeping Black voters
>> from the polls.”
>>
>> Via Robbin Stewart, who offers some thoughts<http://ballots.blogspot.com/2013/07/where-im-working-this-week-i-have-to-go.html>about the case.
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>>   “FEC To Vote To Treat Married Same-Sex Couples Equally”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53299>
>> Posted on July 22, 2013 7:33 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53299> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> TPM reports<http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/07/fec-vote-treat-married-same-sex-couples-equally.php?ref=fpa>
>> .
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>>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, federal
>> election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24> | Comments Off
>>   Hey, If You Love or Hate Rick Pildes’s Post on Election Fraud and the
>> Civil War… <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53296>
>> Posted on July 22, 2013 4:00 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53296> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> then address your comments to him about this.
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53236>
>>
>> I’ve been getting lots of email.
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D53296&title=Hey%2C%20If%20You%20Love%20or%20Hate%20Rick%20Pildes%E2%80%99s%20Post%20on%20Election%20Fraud%20and%20the%20Civil%20War%E2%80%A6&description=>
>>   Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1> | Comments
>> Off
>>   “Super PACs, other independent political groups already setting pace
>> for 2016 presidential race” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53293>
>> Posted on July 22, 2013 3:32 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53293> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> WaPo reports.<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/super-pacs-other-independent-political-groups-already-setting-pace-for-2016-presidential-race/2013/07/22/784cac46-efba-11e2-9008-61e94a7ea20d_story.html>
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D53293&title=%E2%80%9CSuper%20PACs%2C%20other%20independent%20political%20groups%20already%20setting%20pace%20for%202016%20presidential%20race%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>> Off
>>   Jack Balkin’s Teaching Notes for Shelby County<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53290>
>> Posted on July 22, 2013 3:29 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53290> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> They are here.
>> <http://balkin.blogspot.com/2013/07/teaching-materials-for-shelby-county-v.html>
>>
>> We cover much the same ground in the 2013 Election Law casebook
>> supplement <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53174>.
>>
>> And I take much of the same viewpoint as Jack in my APSA paper, Shelby
>> County and the Illusion of Minimalism<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2291612>
>> .
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D53290&title=Jack%20Balkin%E2%80%99s%20Teaching%20Notes%20for%20Shelby%20County&description=>
>>   Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting
>> Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments Off
>>   Justice Scalia, Statutory Interpretation and Godwin’s Law<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53287>
>> Posted on July 22, 2013 12:34 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53287> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Via the NYT Taking Note blog<http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/scalias-latest-outburst/?hp>
>> .
>>
>> Dynamic statutory interpretation apparently leads to Naziism.
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D53287&title=Justice%20Scalia%2C%20Statutory%20Interpretation%20and%20Godwin%E2%80%99s%20Law&description=>
>>   Posted in statutory interpretation <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=21>
>> | Comments Off
>>
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