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Wed Mar 6 07:41:20 PST 2013

    Election Law Blog

      Justice O'Connor, in Daily Show Interview, Seemed to Not Know
    Shelby County Case Was About Section 5
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48077>

Posted on March 6, 2013 7:32 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48077> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Howard Bashman links <http://howappealing.law.com/030613.html#049782> to 
all three segments.  In the first segment, before Justice O'Connor came 
on, Stewart had a lengthy attack on the Shelby County case, and included 
audio from Justices Sotomayor and Justice Scalia from last week's oral 
argument (another nail in the coffin for cameras in the courtroom).

In the first of two segments with Justice O'Connor, Stewart asked about 
the Shelby County case, and it seemed that Justice O'Connor was not 
following the case even closely enough to know it was about Section 5.  
Very odd.

Justice O'Connor also refused to say whether there were any cases in 
which she regretted her decision.  Yet she has in the past indicated her 
regret 
<http://news.lawreader.com/2006/11/23/justice-sandra-day-oconnor-regrets-her-2002-vote-allowing-judges-expression-of-their-political-views-in-minnesota-v-white/>over 
her decision in /Republican Party of Minnesota v. White/ 
<http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/01-521.ZS.html>, striking down a 
judicial speech rule under the First Amendment.

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    "Senate Republicans Open To Gutting Voting Rights Act, Despite
    Scalia's Analysis" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48074>

Posted on March 5, 2013 9:17 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48074> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

HuffPo 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/05/republicans-voting-rights-act_n_2813925.html>: 
"Whatever Scalia's talents as a jurist, those skills do not include 
vote-counting in the United States Senate. The Huffington Post asked a 
sampling of Senate Republicans and found that, contrary to Scalia's 
presumption, some of his legislative branch colleagues across the street 
are just as ready as he is to toss out the heart of the Voting Rights 
Act, its Section 5, which prevents states with a history of racial 
discrimination from altering their voting laws without federal approval."

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    "Groups Urge FEC to Take Action Against Chevron for $2.5 Million
    Super PAC Contribution" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48071>

Posted on March 5, 2013 4:12 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48071> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Public Citizen issued this press release 
<http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/pressroomredirect.cfm?ID=3828>.  See 
alsoStudy shows Super PACs made mockery of campaign law 
<http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/campaign/286219-study-shows-super-pacs-made-mockery-of-campaign-law> 
by Taylor Lincoln of Public Citizen.

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    "Florida finds evidence of voter registration fraud"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48068>

Posted on March 5, 2013 3:58 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48068> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP <http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20130305/APN/1303050979>: 
"Two employees of a company once aligned with the Republican Party of 
Florida admitted to law-enforcement authorities that they forged voter 
registration forms."

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    Mark Schmitt on Whether Campaign Finance Reform is Possible with
    This Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48064>

Posted on March 5, 2013 3:43 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48064> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Mark responds 
<http://www.salon.com/2013/03/05/the_case_for_campaign_finance_reform_despite_citizens_united_partner/> 
to my recent /Slate /piece 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/02/campaign_finance_reform_when_scalia_leaves_the_supreme_court.html>.

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    "TV stations ignore ad disclosure requirements"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48061>

Posted on March 5, 2013 3:40 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48061> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Sunlight reports 
<http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2013/tv-stations-ignore-ad-disclosure-requirements/>.

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    Politifact Rates as "Half-True" Chief Justice Roberts' Statements
    About Miss., MA Voting Rates in Shelby County Case
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48058>

Posted on March 5, 2013 3:39 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48058> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here <http://t.co/jQvx9Lmhkq>.

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    TPM Cannot Find GOP Senators to Say Voting Rights Act s. 5 is
    Constitutional <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48055>

Posted on March 5, 2013 3:36 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48055> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Read this. 
<http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/03/republican-senators-voting-rights-act.php?ref=fpb>

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    "Academics see limited options for avoiding major blow to Voting
    Rights Act" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48022>

Posted on March 5, 2013 1:44 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48022> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

[Bumping to top---now out from behind the paywall]

The /National Law Journal/ reports in an article 
<http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleSCI.jsp?id=1202590810093>(quoting 
Pildes, Persily, Fishkin, and me).

Marcia Coyle of /NLJ/ also has written An Embattled Voting Rights Act 
<http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202590104050&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal&cn=20130304nlj&src=EMC-Email&pt=NLJ.com-%20Daily%20Headlines&kw=An%20embattled%20Voting%20Rights%20Act>.

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    Persily from Columbia to Stanford Law
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48051>

Posted on March 5, 2013 9:42 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48051> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Big, big news in the election law world. Nate Persily 
<http://www.law.columbia.edu/fac/Nathaniel_Persily>, one of the 
country's leading election law experts, is coming West (hooray!) to 
Stanford Law.  Great news for Nate, and even better news for Stanford!  
Selfishly, having Nate closer means we'll be able to do more West Coast 
election law events (especially with Bruce Cain also going to Stanford 
next year).

UPDATE: Press release 
<http://news.gnom.es/pr/constitutional-law-and-democracy-scholar-nathaniel-persily-joins-the-stanford-law-school-faculty>.

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    "Voting Rights: Scalia v. minority protection"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48048>

Posted on March 5, 2013 9:24 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=48048> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

David Dante Troutt has written this Reuters oped 
<http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/03/05/voting-rights-scalia-v-minority-protection/>.

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