[EL] Further action from Arizona

Thu Jun 20 05:58:25 PDT 2013

Here are revealing comments from the Arizona speaker of the house about
prospective future action, including  "Although Prop 200 opponents may be
crowing over this latest victory in the battle against the will of the
people of Arizona, they will ultimately lose the war."
http://www.sonorannews.com/archives/2013/130619/news-tobin.html

- Rob Richie

On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 8:43 PM, Justin Levitt <levittj at lls.edu> wrote:

>  The Arizona AG seems to think so -- or, at least, that was the clear
> tenor of the press release yesterday<https://www.azag.gov/press-release/ag-tom-horne-us-supreme-court-decision-shows-ultimate-path-arizona-victory>,
> entitled "US Supreme Court Decision Shows Ultimate Path For Arizona
> Victory."  Tough to tell whether that's spin or litigation commitment.
> FWIW, I think that barring Congressional action, further rounds are likely
> to be quite a bit rockier<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/comments/index.php?ID=10825>for Arizona than the handicapping in much of the early press.
>
> Justin
>
> --
> Justin Levitt
> Associate Professor of Law
> Loyola Law School | Los Angeles
> 919 Albany St.
> Los Angeles, CA  90015213-736-7417justin.levitt at lls.edussrn.com/author=698321
>
> On 6/18/2013 5:33 PM, Pildes, Rick wrote:
>
>  Is anyone on the list close enough to the political context in Arizona
> to have a sense of whether the state is likely to continue to pursue this
> fight through further rounds? ****
>
> ** **
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> *On Behalf Of *Rick Hasen
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 18, 2013 6:08 PM
> *To:* law-election at UCI.edu
> *Subject:* [EL] more news 6/18/13****
>
> ** **
>  “Mike Duggan can’t run for Detroit mayor, Michigan appeals court rules”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51812>
> ****
>
> Posted on June 18, 2013 3:06 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51812> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> Detroit Free Press<http://www.freep.com/article/20130618/NEWS06/306180099>:
> “Former Detroit Medical Center<http://www.freep.com/article/20130618/NEWS06/306180099>CEO Mike Duggan is not eligible to run for mayor of Detroit because he did
> not meet city residency requirements, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled
> today <http://www.freep.com/assets/freep/pdf/C4207094618.PDF>.”****
>
> I cannot find the dissenting opinion posted anywhere yet.  An appeal to
> the Michigan Supreme Court is still possible.****
>
>  ****
>
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> ****
>
> Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, residency<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=38>
> | Comments Off ****
>   “Common Cause Urges Federal Appeals Court To Declare Filibuster
> Unconstitutional” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51809> ****
>
> Posted on June 18, 2013 2:51 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51809> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> See this press release<http://www.commoncause.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=4773613&ct=13181723>
> .****
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> ****
>
> Posted in legislation and legislatures<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>
> | Comments Off ****
>   “Gift or Gotcha: What to Make of Scalia’s Arizona Opinion”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51807>
> ****
>
> Posted on June 18, 2013 2:50 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51807> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> Janai Nelson blogs<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janai-s-nelson/gift-or-gotcha-what-to-ma_b_3461045.html>
> .****
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> ****
>
> Posted in Elections Clause <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=70>, Supreme
> Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29> | Comments Off ****
>   Justin Levitt Says Arizona’s Road Ahead in Citizenship Documentation
> Case May be Rocky <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51804> ****
>
> Posted on June 18, 2013 12:05 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51804> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> See here<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/comments/index.php?ID=10825>
> .****
>
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> ****
>
> Posted in Elections Clause <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=70>, Supreme
> Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29> | Comments Off ****
>   “Did Scalia add ‘virus’ to Arizona voting opinion?”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51801>
> ****
>
> Posted on June 18, 2013 12:03 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51801> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> Zack Roth writes<http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/06/18/did-scalia-add-virus-to-arizona-voting-opinion/>
> .****
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> ****
>
> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, Elections
> Clause <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=70>, Supreme Court<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>,
> The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments Off ****
>   “FairVote’s Fix for Top Two in California”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51798>
> ****
>
> Posted on June 18, 2013 10:28 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51798> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> Fairvote’s solution<http://www.fairvote.org/fairvote-s-fix-for-top-two-in-california#.UcCYU-s6c3a>would be to—surprise!—adopt ranked choice voting.
> ****
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> ****
>
> Posted in primaries <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32> | Comments Off **
> **
>   Another Answer on Arizona <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51795> ****
>
> Posted on June 18, 2013 10:26 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51795> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> In response my earlier post <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51773> on why
> liberals joined Justice Scalia in the Arizona case, a longtime reader
> writes:****
>
>  “I’m open to other ideas.”****
>
> They won in the immediate instance, and that’s all they cared about.****
>
> Liberals don’t care about stare decisis, conservatives do. So any victory
> liberals win is carved in stone, any victory conservatives win is written
> in the sand. Nothing in the decision the liberals dislike will stand if
> they get a fifth liberal vote. So, why should they care? It was a
> meaningless scrap tossed to the conservatives to buy the win.****
>
> Arizona will follow this “roadmap”, and find every step of it contested,
> to run out the clock until one of the conservatives croaks, and five
> liberals completely re-write every temporary victory the conservative
> majority ‘won’, not just on this, but campaign censorship, the RKBA, every
> bit of it.****
>
> They have no respect for precedent, so they can make deals never meaning
> to keep them. That’s my explanation.****
>
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> ****
>
> Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29> | Comments
> Off ****
>   My SCOTUS Predictions on the Remaining Big 4 Cases<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51792>
> ****
>
> Posted on June 18, 2013 10:21 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51792> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> Here’s my chance to get proven wrong rather quickly (rather than over
> years, as is the more common way that academics are proven wrong!).  These
> are listed in order from greatest to least confidence.****
>
> Shelby County<http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/shelby-county-v-holder/?wpmp_switcher=desktop>:
> 5-4, striking down the coverage formula of the VRA, and inviting Congress
> to rewrite the coverage formula, which the Court, and everyone else, knows
> Congress won’t, effectively ending preclearance under section 5 of the
> Voting Rights Act****
>
> Fisher<http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/fisher-v-university-of-texas-at-austin/?wpmp_switcher=desktop>:
> 4-1-3 with the four conservatives ready to say all affirmative action
> programs privileging race fail under strict scrutiny, with Justice Kennedy,
> for himself alone, not willing to go as far (J. Kagan is recused)****
>
> Prop. 8<http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/hollingsworth-v-perry/?wpmp_switcher=desktop>:
> 5-4 dismissal of writ as improvidently granted based on standing (Kennedy
> with four liberals), with the effect that Prop. 8 is likely banned in CA
> but the issue continues to percolate in the lower courts****
>
> DOMA<http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/windsor-v-united-states-2/?wpmp_switcher=desktop>:
> Either 6-3 (Kennedy, liberals, Chief) or 5-1-3 (with Chief avoiding merits)
> finding DOMA unconstitutional as applied.****
>
> How much would I bet on getting this perfectly right? Not much.****
>
>  ****
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> ****
>
> Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29> | Comments
> Off ****
>   More Commentaries on Arizona Case <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51789>
> ****
>
> Posted on June 18, 2013 10:11 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51789> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> Derek Muller<http://excessofdemocracy.com/blog/2013/6/voter-qualifications-and-the-power-to-enforce-those-qualifications>
> ****
>
> Joey Fishkin<http://balkin.blogspot.com/2013/06/federal-power-over-elections-hydraulics.html>
> ****
>
> David Gans<http://theusconstitution.org/text-history/2066/cac-victory-arizona-v-inter-tribal-council-supreme-court-reaffirms-broad-power>
> ****
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> ****
>
> Posted in Elections Clause <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=70>, Supreme
> Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
> | Comments Off ****
>   “6 Things We Just Learned About The IRS Scandal”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51786>
> ****
>
> Posted on June 18, 2013 9:56 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51786> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> Must-read<http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/06/18/193086191/6-things-we-just-learned-about-the-irs-scandal?ft=1&f=1014>from NPR’s Tamara Keith.
> ****
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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 ****
>   “The voting wars and the Supreme Court: a pre-ruling primer”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51783>
> ****
>
> Posted on June 18, 2013 9:17 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51783> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> The Columbia Journalism Review reports<http://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/the_voting_rights_act_and_the.php?page=all>on how to follow Shelby County.
> ****
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> ****
>
> Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, The Voting
> Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, Voting Rights Act<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
> | Comments Off ****
>   Must Read SCOTUS Bar Story by Joan Biskupic<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51780>
> ****
>
> Posted on June 18, 2013 9:13 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51780> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> Just read this.<http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/us-usa-court-coterie-special-report-idUSBRE95H0DD20130618>
> ****
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> ****
>
> Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29> | Comments
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>   “Arizona’s Proof-of-Citizenship Requirement for Voters Struck Down”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51777>
> ****
>
> Posted on June 18, 2013 9:08 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=51777> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>
> Governing reports<http://www.governing.com/topics/public-justice-safety/gov-scotus-supreme-court-rejects-arizona-proof-citizenship-requirement-federal-voter-registration.html>
> .****
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>
> Posted in Elections Clause <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=70>, Supreme
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