[EL] AALS Section on Election Law Call for Presenters

[Josh Douglas]

Dear Election Law Professors,

The Executive Committee of the AALS Section on Election Law has selected
its winner of the Call for Papers for January's meeting:  David Garter
(ASU), *Universal Participation*.

We are now looking for one more person to join the panel, which includes
Pam Karlan, Chris Elmendorf, Kareem Crayton, and now David Gartner.  Those
interested must be law professors at an AALS-member school.  To nominate
yourself, please send me an email at joshuadouglas at uky.edu with a paragraph
explaining what you will present.  The panel title and description is
below.  The deadline to submit is *Tuesday, September 23*.  The Executive
Committee is particularly interested in adding a speaker that will bring a
diversity of backgrounds and viewpoints.

Thanks,

Josh

*The Voting Rights Act at 50*

On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act
into law.  During the signing ceremony, President Johnson referred to the
Act as “one of the most monumental laws in the entire history of American
freedom.”  Over the past fifty years, the Supreme Court has issued numerous
decisions on various aspects of the Voting Rights Act, Congress has amended
it several times, and it remains an important component of public debate.
 This panel – the first programming for the new AALS Section on Election
Law – will explore the many facets of that debate.  The panel will analyze
the current issues regarding voting rights, from the Supreme Court’s recent
invalidation of the Section 4 coverage formula in its Shelby County
decision – essentially rendering Section 5 inoperable – to Congress’s
consideration of a Voting Rights Act Amendment, to the report of the
bipartisan Presidential Commission on Election Administration.  Part of
this inquiry will include a discussion of whether we have reached the
ideals President Johnson aspired to 50 years ago when he signed this Act,
and where we should go from here in protecting and effectuating the right
to vote.


-- 
Joshua A. Douglas
Robert G. Lawson & William H. Fortune Associate Professor of Law
University of Kentucky College of Law
620 S. Limestone
Lexington, KY 40506
(859) 257-4935
joshuadouglas at uky.edu
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