[EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/8/15

Thu Jan 8 07:07:28 PST 2015

    “Voting Rights: One Way the GOP Might Reverse What Scalise Scandal
    Made Worse” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69557>

Posted onJanuary 8, 2015 7:04 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69557>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Hawkings Here 
<http://blogs.rollcall.com/hawkings/voting-rights-one-way-the-gop-might-reverse-what-scalise-just-made-worse/?dcz=>(Roll 
Call):

    Whether Scalise can totally shed the taint from the incident won’t
    be known for several months. That will be determined in large part
    by potential congressional candidates and big-money donors, when
    they start either accepting or spurning his entreaties in the
    opening rounds of the 2016 campaign. But, almost as much, his
    long-term future as a GOP power player will be settled by the
    Democrats, when they decide for how long and how intently they are
    going to wield the incident as a weapon against the Republicans.

    And it’s on that front that Republicans have a singular opportunity
    not only to put the Scalise contretemps to rest, but also to enhance
    their appeal to black voters — all while making some substantial and
    overdue alterations to domestic policy.

    The vehicle for this potential double reversal of fortune is
    bipartisan legislation, in limbo now for almost a year, to revamp
    the Voting Rights Act.

    If the majority whip were to announce that securing enactment of
    such a bill had been added to the roster of top GOP legislative
    priorities — and that he would personally serve as chief shepherd of
    the necessary deal-making — that would be a supremely significant
    step, for reasons both symbolic and substantive.

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=81>

    “K Street won’t get blank check on Hill; But they will still be
    looking to add language favorable to clients and to insert pet
    projects.” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69555>

Posted onJanuary 8, 2015 7:01 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69555>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico reports. 
<http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/k-street-republican-congress-114064.html?hp=t1_r>

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>

    “Prof. Philip E. Converse, Expert on How Voters Decide, Dies at 86″
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69553>

Posted onJanuary 8, 2015 6:59 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69553>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Sad news 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/08/us/prof-philip-e-converse-86-expert-on-how-voters-decide.html?ref=politics>.

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Posted inelection law biz <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=51>

    “I Quit: Guadalupe County, TX Official Resigns, Citing ‘Hassles'”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69551>

Posted onJanuary 8, 2015 6:48 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69551>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A ChapinBlog. 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2015/01/i_quit_guadalupe_county_tx_off.php>

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    “House edits rules to help members facing ethics probes”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69549>

Posted onJanuary 8, 2015 6:44 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69549>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

USA Today 
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/01/06/house-ethics-rules-gop/21340709/>: 
“In one of its first actions of the new year, the House of 
Representatives on Tuesday approved rules changes that could give 
lawmakers a new defense against ethics investigations.”

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=42>

    “Complex Rules and the Enforcement Model”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69547>

Posted onJanuary 8, 2015 6:41 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69547>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bauer<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2015/01/complex-rules-choice-enforcement-model/>on 
MayDay.

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    Breaking: Challengers to Wisconsin Voter ID Law Seek Supreme Court
    Review <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69544>

Posted onJanuary 7, 2015 3:17 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69544>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

You can find the just-filed cert. petitionat this link 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Wisconsin-Voter-ID-Cert-Petition-1-7-15.pdf>. 
The petition raises both a constitutional equal protection challenge and 
a challenge under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

I think there is a pretty good chance the Supreme Court takes this case 
(though not necessarily to reverse).  It seems a more likely candidate 
than the recently-filedNorth Carolina case 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/farr.nc_.pet_.final_.pdf>, though 
the Courtcould review that one <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69429>as well.

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,Supreme Court 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>,The Voting Wars 
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    Conference on Empirical Legal Scholarship
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69542>

Posted onJanuary 7, 2015 1:32 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69542>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Announcement via email:

    The 15^th annual workshop on Conducting Empirical Legal Scholarship,
    co-taught by Lee Epstein and Andrew D. Martin, will run from June
    15-June 17 at Washington University in St. Louis. The workshop is
    for law school faculty, lawyers, political science faculty, and
    graduate students interested in learning about empirical research
    and how to evaluate empirical work. It provides the formal training
    necessary to design, conduct, and assess empirical studies, and to
    use statistical software (Stata) to analyze and manage data.

    Participants need no background or knowledge of statistics to enroll
    in the workshop. Registration ishere
    <http://cerl.wustl.edu/training/cels15.php>. For more information,
    please contactLee Epstein <mailto:epstein at wustl.edu>.

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Posted inpedagogy <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=23>

    “Erwin Chemerinsky: The importance of the Voting Rights Act”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69540>

Posted onJanuary 7, 2015 11:43 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69540>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

OC Register oped. 
<http://www.ocregister.com/articles/voting-647333-rights-act.html>

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>,Voting Rights Act 
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    Now Posted: Revised Version of Response: Conscious Congressional
    Overriding of the Supreme Court, Gridlock, and Partisan Politics
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69537>

Posted onJanuary 7, 2015 10:49 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69537>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2530114>.

And a reply from Christiansen and Eskridge is coming soon too.

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