Analysis & Commentary
Ballot Library—Hamilton County
Election officials presented voters with the following ballot in Illinois’ Hamilton county in November 2002 for the midterm election, an optical scan ballot that displayed three columns of candidates and offices on a single page.
– 07/20/08
Ballot Library—Kewaunee County
In Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, voters were presented with a ballot that divided the Governor’s race into two columns.
– 07/20/08
Ballot Library—LA County
LA County voters received a ballot with title and formatting issues in 1976 for the general election.
– 07/20/08
Ballot Library—Sarasota County
In 2006, election officials presented the following screen to voters in Sarasota County, Florida. Screen two contained two contests.
– 07/20/08
Ballot Library—Core Findings & Recommendations
Core findings & recommendations from ballot design report.
– 07/20/08
Michael Waldman on Dan Abrams
Dan Abrams discusses Karl Rove’s pending testimony scheduled for this Thursday with the Brennan Center’s Michael Waldman and former counsel to the House Judiciary Committee Julian Epstein.
– 07/08/08
Hugh M. Caperton et al. v. A.T. Massey Coal Company, Inc., et al. - Petition for Writ of Certiorari
In the West Virginia recusal case, a petition for certiorari was filed by Petitioners with the U.S. Supreme Court on July 2, 2008.
– 07/03/08
Justice Scalia’s Dueling Opinions
Justice Scalia’s opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller, invalidating the District of Columbia’s gun law, is significant on account of more than its bare holding conclusion that Americans have a personal right to carry a firearm. Scalia’s arguments and logic have implications for how an increasingly conservative Court treats cases. For careful readers, Heller has striking lessons about whose rights the Court protects, what “judicial modesty” in fact means, and the quality of respect the Court shows for democratic institutions. If Heller is a harbinger of decisions to come, it should sow deep concern.
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 06/30/08
Justice Scalia’s Dueling Opinions
Scalia’s opinion in the ruling overturning D.C.’s gun ban shows the flaws of his trademark judicial thinking. Especially since he marshaled nearly the reverse logic in his dissent to the Guantanamo detainee case.
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 06/30/08