Publications
Registering Military and Overseas Citizens to Vote
This policy paper focuses on the voter registration problems facing military and overseas voters - and on solutions to these problems. In particular, it explains how modernization of the voter registration process would significantly decrease the registration problems military and overseas voters face.
Authored by: Adam Skaggs
– 07/16/09
Automatic Registration in the United States: The Selective Service Example
Authored by: Laura Seago
– 07/15/09
Judge Sotomayor’s Record in Constitutional Cases
This report uses measures for testing judicial activism and deference developed by academics in recent years to analyze Judge Sotomayor’s decisionmaking and compared her record to that of her colleagues on the Second Circuit.
Authored by: Monica Youn
Foreword by Professor Burt Neuborne
– 07/09/09
My First Vote
My First Vote is a compilation of stories from people across the country who voted for the first time in November 2008 after having lost, and then regained, their right to vote following a criminal conviction.
Authored by: The Right to Vote Project
– 07/05/09
Language Access in State Courts
This report outlines the legal obligations of state courts regarding the provision of interpreters for litigants with limited English proficiency, aggregates information on how states are meeting these obligations and provides guidelines for state courts' language access programs.
Authored by: Laura Abel
– 07/04/09
Supreme Court Adjudication and the Qualifications of Supreme Court Nominees
Authored by: Sidney S. Rosdeitcher
– 07/02/09
Voter Registration Modernization
This document is a summary of the policy proposal for universal voter registration.
Authored by: Wendy R. Weiser, Michael Waldman and Renée Paradis
– 06/23/09
A Call to End Federal Restrictions on Legal Aid for the Poor
A report calling for the repeal of draconian and wasteful restrictions on civil legal aid programs receiving funding from the federal Legal Services Corporation.
Authored by: Rebekah Diller & Emily Savner
– 06/22/09
Executive Privilege: A Legislative Remedy
This report focuses on one context of executive privilege: disputes over Congress’s efforts to access information from the Executive. Executive privilege is one area where the recent expansion of secrecy can—and should—be rolled back to restore our constitutional balance. A proposed statute, “Executive Privilege Codification Act,” aims to do just that, and is attached as an appendix.
Authored by: Emily Berman
– 06/21/09
Permanent Voter Registration
This report examines systems of statewide permanent registration under which, once a voter registers to vote in a state, she can move to a new address within the state or change her name and vote a ballot that counts in a subsequent election — without having to re-register each time she moves or takes affirmative steps to change her registration information. We conclude with recommendations for developing effective systems of permanent registration.
Authored by: Adam Skaggs & Jonathan Blitzer
– 06/19/09