Voter Suppression
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Finance
Delta Flight To MLB Game Without Encountering Any Diehard Trump Supporters: Travel Paradise?
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Courts
Thomas Farr's Failure To Disenfranchise One Additional Black Man Sinks Nomination
The Republicans needed ONE black man in America to go along with their racist plans, and couldn't get him.
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Government
Now Witness The Firepower Of This Fully Armed And Operational Voter Suppression Battle Station
Republican voter suppression efforts are in full force. -
Courts
Kris Kobach Self Owns In Court Filing
Kris Kobach is living a nightmare where he continually shows up for the big test unprepared and naked, only it's not a dream and we all get to watch. -
Government
Kris Kobach And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Trial
Every person with an 'impostor syndrome' worries that one day they'll be made to look like Kris Kobach. -
Government
Alabama Secretary Of State Has Curious Recollection Of Civil Rights Movement
A terrifying tweet from a politician who isn't president. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.30.17
Ed. note: Early wishes for a happy July 4th weekend! We’ll be back on Wednesday, July 5 (barring unforeseen news).
* I don’t know that free speech is under cultural attack, as this post argues. But I do think people are using lawsuits to bash speech they don’t like. Instead of lecturing people about the sacred right of Nazis to intimidate people on Twitter, I’d rather the First Amendment crowd came up with a real regime of sanctions for people who bring lawsuits against clearly protected speech. I just don’t know that the Deplorable fanboys would recognize that as a sufficient way to fight for their freedom to talk out of their asses. [Popehat]
* The Fifth Circuit has now conferred qualified immunity on expert witnesses, deployed to spout whatever nonsense the government thinks will help them gain a conviction. The Democrat who runs on a criminal justice reform platform that included changing the rules around qualified immunity would probably get my vote. Instead they’ll probably run a Goldman executive with an innovative plan to retrain bigoted hill people for the hi-tech jobs of the future. [Simple Justice]
* What Trump is actually trying to do with his voter fraud investigation is horrifying. But Professor Rick Hasen says it won’t work, and I’m going to trust him because I do not want to get pissed off about a whole new thing this close to a long weekend. [Slate]
* Texas isn’t sure that same-sex marriage means that same-sex couples get marriage benefits. Sigh. Look, Texas is going to lose its fight against gay people, eventually. YOU HEAR THAT YOU HAT WEARIN’ COWBOYS? Gay people are going to kick your ass and have sex in your Alamo. [Texas Tribune]
* Based on the settlement data, The Root came up with a methodology to calculate the worth of a black life. Ballpark, the state pays about $3,364,875 per family for the right to kill us without criminal accountability. If you’ve got thoughts about how the state spends too much money in settlements, keep them to yourself. [The Root]
* Stay safe out there this long weekend. The Texas Law Hawk has some fireworks safety tips. [Texas Law Hawk]
* Checking in with the Alt-Right, I could go with all the stories about how people have called Kellyanne Conway “ugly,” which is apparently the Alt-Right defense for the president mocking Mika Brzezinski? But this headline is just too good: “Germany Surrenders to Trump, Waters Down G20 Climate Plan #Winning” They’re making water puns, y’all. They are defiant. You can’t even blame the Earth for trying to kill all of us. [Breitbart]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 11.28.16
* The political anger against big banking in general and Wells Fargo, specifically, could hurt their forced arbitration efforts. [Cowboys On The Commons]
* Warner Brothers’s settlement over paying — and not disclosing that fact — influencers to subtly promote its video game Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor. [The Fashion Law]
* The California Bar is considering a ban on client-attorney sex. [Law and More]
* Rumor has it Steve Bannon is totally fine with suppressing black voter turnout. [Huffington Post]
* Yes, the electoral college sucks, but they are still going to elect Donald Trump. [Slate]
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Election Law, Politics
Redistricting, Voter ID Laws, Early Voting, And The Post-Shelby World
Casting a ballot takes a lot of hard legal work. -
Election Law
Court Basically Calls North Carolina Racist, Strikes Down Voter Suppression Laws
North Carolina obviously enacted their voter laws in response to black turnout. The Court just called them on it. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.10.16
* Nope, Black History month still isn’t racist. Here’s an explanation one more time for those that need it. [Popehat] * Hey! Now there is science to back up what we all knew: Voter ID laws suppress the vote. [Talking Points Memo] * Not everyone gets access to the same justice: non-prosecution agreements are reserved […]
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Election Law, Public Interest
New Study Says Voter ID Laws Suppress Votes
New research using a more robust methodology finds the link that many have long suspected.
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Bar Exams, JPMorgan Chase, Non-Sequiturs, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Non-Sequiturs: 08.19.13
* Most folks think the police overreacted by issuing a civil disobedience warning for a 3-year-old girl, but those people need to watch Children of the Corn. [UPI] * Speaking of the Brits, authorities detained Glenn Greenwald’s partner (interestingly, Greenwald’s partner is named Miranda) for nine hours and “confiscated his computer, phone, camera, memory stick, DVDs and video games” while passing through Heathrow. Wow, this is the sort of thing that might make Greenwald mad at the surveillance state. [ABA Journal] * A detailed analysis of confidential sources. I’m pointing this out to publicly clarify that ATL keeps its tipsters confidential unless they specifically ask to be cited. So feel free to tip away! [Talking Biz News] * Tales of Ted Cruz as a young man. So we’re calling parliamentary-style debate “debate” now? OK. [Daily Beast] * Professor Rick Hasen examines North Carolina’s new voter suppression law and how it proves that the country still needs the Voting Rights Act. [Slate] * Maybe bar exams should write better questions that actually cover all the material candidates have to learn. Personally, I was just fine not having to memorize a lot about New York commercial paper law. [Ramblings on Appeal] * The tale of a wealthy couple evading the law. The article describes the story as an “arthritic version of Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw in The Getaway, perhaps, moving at nursing-home speed.” Hollywood just found a plot for Expendables 4. [Seattle Weekly] * The government’s obsession with FCPA enforcement has bit JP Morgan over hiring the children of Chinese officials to woo business. [Dealbreaker] * Chief Judge Michael P. Mills of the Northern District of Mississippi weighs in on a copyright suit between the estate of William Faulkner and Woody Allen. The judge is apparently not a fan of Sharknado because he has no soul. Video of the quirky conflict after the jump… -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.17.13
* Soon to be former Acting IRS chief Steve Miller is on Capitol Hill right now getting his face kicked in. [Washington Post] * Allegedly, the mayor of Toronto smokes crack. [Gawker] * Will smart guns help dumb owners? [The Crime Report via WSJ Law Blog] * Donald Trump news! [Chicago Tribune] * Republicans in […]
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Election 2012, Election Law
The Difference Between Voter Suppression And Voter Duress
Voting might not be the easiest thing in the world, but let's not act like it's particularly hard... -
Election 2012, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.05.12.
* Campaign Lawyers are ready to go to the mattresses. Actually, they’re already there. [Bloomberg]
* You can see why they’re nervous. The race is close. Don’t forget to vote. [FiveThirtyEight]
* And don’t let them suppress your vote. [Blog of the Legal Times]
* Because you know if you are trying to vote in Florida and might be a Democrat, they’re going to try to take your vote away. [Huffington Post]
* When you step back and look at it, the legal landscape for gays and lesbians is shockingly different than it was 20 or even 10 years ago. Yeah, I know a bunch of you care about marginal tax rates on Americans making over $250,000 way more than basic civil rights, but still. [New Yorker]
* Lawyers have really been working under difficult conditions in the aftermath of the storms. [National Law Journal]
* Donor secrecy up for review. [Los Angeles Times]