[EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/26/16
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Tue Jan 26 07:54:39 PST 2016
“Radically Revise Campaign Laws to Give People, Not Billionaires, a
Voice” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79290>
Posted onJanuary 26, 2016 7:53 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79290>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I have writtenthis commentary
<http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2016/01/26/could-michael-bloomberg-and-his-millions-save-us-from-ourselves/radically-revise-campaign-laws-to-give-people-not-billionaires-a-voice>for
the NY Times’ Room for Debate:
It’s not a new story: Some Americans are looking to the super
wealthy to get us out of a political jam. This time, it might be
billionaire Michael Bloomberg supposedly saving the country from a
Donald Trump-Bernie Sanders race that could leave many voters
without an acceptable alternative. Back in 1967, it was the GM heir
Stewart Mott providing (what was then considered to be) lots of
money to allow Sen. Eugene McCarthy of Wisconsin to challenge
President Lyndon B. Johnson for the Democratic nomination. Johnson,
mired in the Vietnam War and wounded by McCarthy, eventually
withdrew from the race.
Indeed, in this election cycle Donald Trump has railed against the
super PACs and argued that only he, a billionaire, can serve the
interests of the American people fairly because he is too rich to be
influenced by big donors.
The McCarthy-Mott story is one that opponents of campaign finance
limits point to in arguing against campaign finance limits. They
contend we need billionaires at the ready in case our democracy gets
in trouble.
But over-reliance on plutocrats threatens our democracy….
Through campaign finance vouchers, the American people can give up
their dependence on billionaires and be their own white knight.
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Posted incampaign finance
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,Plutocrats United
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=104>,Supreme Court
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
“LISTEN: Billionaire Charles Koch Says He’s Behind On Political
Spending” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79288>
Posted onJanuary 26, 2016 7:51 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79288>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Delusional Charles Koch on NPR
<http://www.npr.org/2016/01/26/464399982/billionaire-koch-aims-for-better-when-giving-to-political-causes>:
Charles Koch says he’s not really spending all that much on
politics. As one of the billionaire Koch brothers, Koch has made
massive infusions of money to political causes — some of it in
direct contributions to candidates, and much of it through support
for think tanks and other political groups. The organization of
donors led by Charles and his brother David has vowed to spend $889
million to influence the 2016 election.
“We already have a system … we’ve got to count that”
<http://www.npr.org/2016/01/26/464399982/billionaire-koch-aims-for-better-when-giving-to-political-causes#>
***0:25**1:14***
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Yet in an interview with NPR, Charles Koch suggested he is merely
playing defense, not offense. The libertarian-leaning industrialist
said he is outspent.
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Posted incampaign finance
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,Plutocrats United
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=104>
“Is North Carolina’s Strict Voter-ID Law Constitutional?”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79286>
Posted onJanuary 26, 2016 7:47 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79286>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
David Graham
<http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/01/is-north-carolinas-strict-voter-id-law-constitutional/426978/>for
the Atlantic.
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>,Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
More Small Fry from Kobach’s Office
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79284>
Posted onJanuary 26, 2016 7:45 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79284>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
What did you expec
<http://www.hdnews.net/news/local/kobach-files-new-round-of-voter-fraud-cases/article_91e258b5-28c7-5683-9cee-997fd96ab963.html>t?
An epidemic of voter fraud in Kansas? Please.
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“Constitution Check: Is there a basic flaw in campaign finance law?”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79282>
Posted onJanuary 26, 2016 7:42 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79282>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Lyle
Denniston<http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2016/01/constitution-check-is-there-a-basic-flaw-in-campaign-finance-law/>at
the National Constitution Center.
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“Wisconsin professor questions NC legislators’ claims that Voter ID
law aimed to prevent fraud” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79280>
Posted onJanuary 26, 2016 7:41 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79280>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Charlotte Observer:
<http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article56552143.html>
Burden, on the stand for about two hours on the first day of a trial
expected to last through the week, said he thought the elections law
overhaul in 2013 and amended in 2015 would place a greater burden on
black and Latino voters than whites and would do little to prevent
fraud.
“If the rationale were to prevent voter fraud,” Burden said, “it
would focus on absentee ballots. …The consensus is fraud is more
common among mail ballots.”
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>,Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
“North Carolina Voter ID Requirement On Trial In Federal Court”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79278>
Posted onJanuary 26, 2016 7:39 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79278>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Listen
<https://hereandnow.wbur.org/2016/01/25/north-carolina-voter-id-law>on
Here & Now.
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>,Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
“The ‘Access’ Issue” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79276>
Posted onJanuary 26, 2016 7:33 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79276>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bauer <http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2016/01/access-issue/>:
One line of argument
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2016/01/political-self-interest-ii-boundaries-ingratiation-access/>in
the/McDonnell/case briefing accepts that supporters might expect
some preferential treatment—“procedural access,” like a meeting—but
not official influence to carry the supporter’s case on the merits.
This is one way that routine politics would be distinguished from
corrupt politics.
Professor Jeffrey Bellin, thoughtfully but also passionately,says
that this won’t do
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-supreme-court-has-a-chance-to-change-politics-as-usual/2016/01/21/1a6f617e-bfa9-11e5-bcda-62a36b394160_story.html>,
and that routine politics, including rewarding supporters with
access, ought to be criminalized. Getting any preferential
consideration for money is quid pro quo corruption. If the Court
will establish and hold this line, Professor Bellin argues, it will
reduce the significance of money in politics and “the big money will
dry up.”
One question is how the Court would fashion a workable rule along
these lines.
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“Buckley v. Valeo at 40” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79274>
Posted onJanuary 26, 2016 7:32 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79274>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Paul Jossey
<http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/judicial/266902-buckley-v-valeo-at-40>in
The Hill:
The/Buckley/legacy is mixed. It nurtured the wide-open continuous
political dialogue that currently exists from airwaves to Internet.
But it did so in a way that forced some of that discussion
underground, criminalized political activity, and increased public
cynicism. Still, despite its flawed distinction,/Buckley’s/authors
had enough foresight to create space for robust political
discussion. Americans should know and be thankful for this landmark
First Amendment decision.
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“Zephyr Teachout Says She’s Running for Congress”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79272>
Posted onJanuary 25, 2016 9:08 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79272>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NY Observer:
<http://observer.com/2016/01/zephyr-teachout-says-shes-running-for-congress/>
Zephyr Teachout <http://www.zephyrteachoutforcongress.com/>, a
Fordham University law professor and former gubernatorial candidate,
announced this afternoon she is running for Congress in the Hudson
Valley.
Ms. Teachout, who rose to prominence after she unsuccessfully
challenged Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the 2014 Democratic
primary,announced her candidacy
<https://twitter.com/ZephyrTeachout/status/691672680089665536>on
Twitter after publiclymulling a decision
<http://observer.com/2016/01/progressives-are-trying-to-recruit-zephyr-teachout-to-run-for-congress/>for
several weeks. A progressive darling, she already has the support of
the liberal Working Families Party and Progressive Change Campaign
Committee, which will allow her to raise a significant amount of
cash quickly.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=51>
“Missouri House passes voter ID measures”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79270>
Posted onJanuary 25, 2016 8:49 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79270>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
KY3 reports.
<http://www.ky3.com/news/local/Missouri-House-passes-voter-ID-measures/21048998_37636026>
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>,Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
“Trial over North Carolina’s photo ID law begins; plaintiffs allege
new law is discriminatory” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79268>
Posted onJanuary 25, 2016 8:42 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79268>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Michael Hewlett reports
<http://www.journalnow.com/news/elections/trial-over-north-carolina-s-photo-id-law-begins-plaintiffs/article_6d384a6d-0eb2-5d81-b949-0b5238d2ab35.html>for
the Winston-Salem Journal.
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“Arguments Over North Carolina Voter ID Law Begin in Federal Court”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79266>
Posted onJanuary 25, 2016 5:50 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79266>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/us/arguments-over-north-carolina-voter-id-law-begin-in-federal-court.html>:
The bitter dispute about North Carolina’s elections laws returned to
a federal courtroom here on Monday as the state’s voter
identification requirement went on trial.
The week’s proceedings will affect election practices in North
Carolina, a state that has been closely contested in recent years
and where voting rules could play a part in deciding tight
elections, from local races to the 15 electoral votes for president.
Court rulings here could also provide an early glimpse at how the
federal courts might examine balloting laws in the wake of the
United States Supreme Court decision that, in 2013,upended
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/supreme-court-ruling.html>a
significant component of theVoting Rights Act
<http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/v/voting_rights_act_1965/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>.
“The North Carolina litigation is the leading litigation in the
post-Shelby world,” said Edward B. Foley, an elections law expert at
Ohio State University, referring to the Supreme Court’sdecision
<http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-96_6k47.pdf>in Shelby
County, Alabama, v. Holder. “It’s the test case, the battleground
case more than any other.”
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>,Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
“North Carolina voter-ID case could have ramifications across U.S.”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79264>
Posted onJanuary 25, 2016 5:49 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79264>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/north-carolina-voter-id-case-could-have-ramifications-across-us/2016/01/25/0a70c888-c384-11e5-a4aa-f25866ba0dc6_story.html>:
The photo-ID trial is expected to last about a week. North
Carolina’s snowy and icy conditions affected the first day of trial.
Several witnesses were unable to travel to Winston-Salem, including
plaintiffs Rosanell Eaton, 94, and her daughter.
Instead, a video of Eaton’s deposition last year was played on
computer monitors in the courtroom. The Franklin County, N.C.,
resident described how she had to make 10 trips to the Division of
Motor Vehicles, drive 200 miles and spend more than 20 hours to
obtain one of the required forms of voter identification because of
discrepancies between the name on her driver’s license and that on
her voter registration, along with differences in the birth date on
her birth certificate and her Social Security card.
“It was really stressful and difficult, a headache and expensive,”
Eaton said.
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>,Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
All About Redistricting Update <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79262>
Posted onJanuary 25, 2016 5:34 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79262>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Good news from Jeff Wice:
I have volunteered to begin updating Justin Levitt’s “All About
Redistricting” website. (see http://redistricting.lls.edu/) while he
is at the Department Of Justice. I am undertaking this effort with
colleagues at SUNY Buffalo Law School (where I serve as a Fellow)
and SUNY New Paltz’s Benjamin Center.
Updating the site will take some time. While I should be able to
locate many federal court documents from PACER (briefs, motions,
appendices, orders and decisions, etc.), state court litigation is
more of a challenge to track and to obtain documents.
*I’d like to ask litigators and others on this listserv to kindly
provide me with updates on state legislative and congressional
redistricting litigation activity you are tracking or litigating in
both state and federal courts. I a particularly looking for help in
Arizona, Maryland, Texas, Florida, Virginia, Wisconsin and North
Carolina.*
*/Please send updates, including documents and a brief activity
update to me at jwice at buffalo.edu <mailto:jwice at buffalo.edu>/*
*/Many thanks,/*
*/Jeff Wice/*
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The Open Mind Talks to Heads of Commission on Presidential Debates
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79260>
Posted onJanuary 25, 2016 2:54 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79260>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Watch. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJgWrHBZ3Yk&feature=youtu.be>
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“Ted Cruz is Fit for Office, At Least Under the Constitution”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79258>
Posted onJanuary 25, 2016 2:35 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79258>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I have writtenthis oped <https://t.co/Vn1qVlUt2V>for the /National Law
Journal/. It begins:
t is easy for liberals to latch onto the_Donald Trump-fueled theory
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/19/us/politics/it-may-be-time-to-resolve-the-meaning-of-natural-born.html>_that
Sen. Ted Cruz is ineligible to be president because he is not a
“natural born” citizen. The argument allows progressives to call
Cruz a hypocrite given his preferred originalist method of
constitutional interpretation. And it gives conservative Republicans
a taste of the noxious birther medicine that’s been used against
President Barack Obama.
But liberals should embrace an interpretation of the Constitution
that maximizes the voter choice and enfranchisement of voters, one
that would minimize the reach of an archaic constitutional provision
suggesting that only those born on U.S. soil are qualified to be
president. Fight Cruz on his ideas, not his eligibility for office.
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“Ben & Jerry’s founder unveils new ‘Bernie’s Yearning’ ice cream
flavor” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79256>
Posted onJanuary 25, 2016 9:22 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79256>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Politico
<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/bernie-sanders-ben-and-jerrys-bernies-yearning-218185>:
Supporters of Bernie Sanders could soon sample the sweet taste of
victory, not only in Iowa and New Hampshire, but also from a pint
from one of Vermont’s most famous ice-cream makers, the co-founder
of Ben & Jerry’s. The brand itself, however, disavows any connection
with the creation…Ben & Jerry’s quickly distanced itself from the
endeavor,tweeting from the company account
<https://twitter.com/benandjerrys/status/691653144015695873>Monday
“This was created by Ben as a citizen. The company is not involved.”
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“Some Republican candidates spend big on ads, with little to show
for it” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79254>
Posted onJanuary 25, 2016 9:02 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79254>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LA Times
<http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/la-na-campaign-advertising-20160125-story.html>:
In this strange primary season, there is little relationship between
money spent on ads and poll numbers for candidates, at least on the
Republican side. Former Florida Gov.Jeb Bush
<http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics-government/government/jeb-bush-PEPLT007436-topic.html>and
Sen. Marco Rubio, the top two spenders, have spent about 10 times as
much on ads as have the two polling leaders in Iowa, Donald Trump
and Sen.Ted Cruz
<http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics-government/government/ted-cruz-PEPLT0008957-topic.html>of
Texas — who until recently bought far fewer ads than their rivals.
At this early stage of the race, the negative correlation between
spending and support appears to be the result of the ever-evolving
media landscape and a few other factors, some unique to 2016: a
celebrity front-runner, a crowded field, questionable campaign
strategies and voter burnout.
Earlier, I wrote this piece<http://wapo.st/1KfwFqh>for the /Washington
Post /Sunday Outlook, “Money can’t buy Jeb Bush the White House, but it
still skews politics”
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“Before Rise as Outsider, Ted Cruz Played Inside Role in 2000
Recount” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79252>
Posted onJanuary 25, 2016 8:56 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79252>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/us/politics/before-rise-as-outsider-ted-cruz-played-inside-role-in-2000-recount.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news>:
Mr. Cruz, now a Texas senator and a leadingcontender for the
Republican presidential nomination
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/01/upshot/ted-cruz-gathers-strength-but-is-still-weak-around-the-middle.html>,
rarely invokes the 2000 race and recount. He has largely disavowed
the comparatively moderate Bush wing of theRepublican Party
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/r/republican_party/index.html?inline=nyt-org>in
pursuit of conservative ideological purity.
Yet his initial venture into presidential politics is by turns a
confirmation of, and a complication for, the professed Cruz image.
The race installed Mr. Cruz as a creature of the Republican
establishment — but also helped initiate his divorce from it. He
made plenty of enemies among party operatives, according to
interviews with over a dozen former colleagues, though for reasons
that had little to do with ideology.
“I was far too cocky for my own good,” Mr. Cruz wrote in his book,
“A Time for Truth,” explaining how the burned bridges probably cost
him a desired job in Mr. Bush’s White House, “and that sometimes
caused me to overstep the bounds of my appointed role.”
On this point, Mr. Cruz and his detractors agree.
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“North Carolina’s voter ID law heads to trial”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79250>
Posted onJanuary 25, 2016 8:35 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79250>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Reuters reports.
<http://www.reuters.com/article/us-north-carolina-voterid-idUSKCN0V31DD>
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id
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“Conservative national groups battle in the states over Constitution
redo” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79248>
Posted onJanuary 25, 2016 8:24 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79248>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CPI:
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/01/25/19168/conservative-national-groups-battle-states-over-constitution-redo>
It’s only a short phrase buried in the U.S. Constitution, but it
enables an unprecedented avenue to change the law of the land: If
two-thirds of the states demand it, Congress “shall call a
convention
<http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/constitution/article-v.html>”
for proposing constitutional amendments.
A hopeless pipe dream? Actually, no; the issue is front and center
right now. Some 27 states have active calls for a convention on a
balanced budget amendment, which would force the federal government
to pass budgets that do not enlarge the national debt. This means
that theoreticallyjust seven more have to
act<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/01/25/19161/seven-more-states-needed-hold-constitutional-convention>for
a constitutional convention to be called, at least on that subject.
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“Kris Kobach files new round of voter fraud cases in 3 Kansas
counties” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79246>
Posted onJanuary 25, 2016 8:21 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79246>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
He promises
<http://cjonline.com/news/2016-01-25/kris-kobach-files-new-round-voter-fraud-cases-3-kansas-counties>details
later.
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Shelby County, Texas Lose Voting Fee Cases Before the Supreme Court
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79244>
Posted onJanuary 25, 2016 8:20 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79244>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Today’s Supreme Court order list
<http://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/012516zor_p8k0.pdf>includes
news that Shelby County,Alabama was denied fees
<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/01/25/us/politics/ap-us-supreme-court-alabama-countys-fees.html?ref=politics&_r=0>in
its voting case which got a key part of the Voting Rights Act struck
down as unconstitutional. On this case, see my earlier post, Chutzpah
Dep’t: Court Rejects Shelby County Plaintiffs’ Request for $2 Million in
Attorney’s Fees <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75763>.
Texas also will have to pay lots of plaintiffs’ attorneys fees in a
preclearance redistricting case.
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