Supreme Court Decides Snyder v. Phelps, the Funeral Protester Case

You can find the 8-1 opinion here. Soon at Politico's Arena, my comments on Justice Alito's dissent (and its tie to the campaign finance cases) should appear. Also interesting from the perspective of election law is Footnote 1 of the Chief Justice's majority opinion, which again recognizes that First Amendment issues may be different in the context of the Internet.

"Union Muscle Eclipsed by High-Profile Conservative Groups During 2010 Election"

The Open Secrets Blog offers this post.

"Anti-immigration sentiments play into redistricting efforts"

McClatchy offers this report.

"GOP groups seek to raise $120M to spend against Obama, other Democrats in 2012"

The Washington Post offers this report.

"Plan Would Erase All-Business Town"

NYT on Vernon, CA.

"2012 Election Spending Race Heats Up"

The WSJ offers this report.

"Transparent Elections After Citizens United"

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy has written this publication for the Brennan Center. See also this blog post.

"Of Squares and Uncouth Twenty-Eight-Sided Figures: Reflections on Gomillion V. Lightfoot After Half a Century"

Jonathan Entin has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:

This essay, part of a symposium on political powerlessness and constitutional interpretation, focuses on Gomillion v. Lightfoot, which rejected an attempt to remove virtually every African American registered voter from the city limits of Tuskegee, Alabama. The paper examines why and how the case arose in a community with an unusually large and independent black middle class that had long placed high priority on voting rights as well as the impact of the ruling not only on political life in Tuskegee but also on the ruling in Baker v. Carr that launched the reapportionment of legislative bodies around the nation. The discussion also considers the legacy of Gomillion in the continuing debate about the meaning of voting rights in cases involving majority-minority districts.

"Koch Plans to Make Redistricting Personal"

The NY Times offers this report.