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  • That's One Expensive Barbecue

    Presidential candidate George W. Bush has put down $43,500 of the $37 million he has raised to rent a plot of land for a day outside the Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. The reason for this astronomical land grab? The Iowa Republican Party is holding a non-

    August 12, 1999
    Money in Politics
    Voting Rights & Elections

  • The Soul of an Elected Judge

    Legal Times

    August 9, 1999

    The Soul of an Elected Judge

    By Mark Kozlowski

    The idea of electing judges has an unsettling aspect that is almost self-evident. As Justice John Paul Stevens once said to the American Bar Association, the practice “is comparable to allowing football fans to elect the referees.” The practice is even more problematic when, as in a recent case from Louisiana, the fans occupying the luxury boxes exert a highly disproportionate influence over the electoral results.

    August 9, 1999
    Fair Courts

  • Gov. Bush Can Show the Way on Campaign Spending

    The announcement that Gov. George W. Bush raised an eye-popping $36.3 million in the first six months of 1999 has raised the question of whether he would forgo public funding and its accompanying voluntary spending limits for the presidential primary seas

    July 13, 1999
    Money in Politics
    Public Financing

  • A Close-Minded Judge is Out of Order

    The Boston Herald

    July 5, 1999

    A Close-Minded Judge is Out of Order

    By Mark Kozlowski

    The race for the Republican presidential nomination is well under way and no one doubts that Texas Gov. George W. Bush is the man to beat. That being the case, the other GOP candidates know that if Governor Bush cannot be knocked off of his pedestal, they better start working on a concession speech and prepare for a farewell appearance on “Larry King Live.”

    July 5, 1999
    Fair Courts

  • Cruel and All Too Usual

    The National Law Journal

    June 28, 1999

    Cruel and All Too Usual

    By Gillian Metzger

    June 28, 1999
    Restoring Voting Rights
    Voting Rights & Elections

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