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The Right Coast
Mitt didn’t get himself elected President. Somebody else did that for him Tom Smith
Mitt backers are getting euphoric, probably too euphoric. But I can't resist the irony that if it turns out O's super-gaffe ("you didn't build that") is a turning point in…
Inside Political Law
Is Increased Criminal Enforcement of Election Laws on the Way Because the FEC and DOJ Are Making Nice-Nice?
Way back in the 1970s, the FEC and the Department of Justice signed a Memorandum of Understanding (the “MOU”) outlining how they would manage their concurrent jurisdiction for violations of…
The Appellate Strategist
Illinois Supreme Court in the News: 7/1-15
By Kirk Jenkins
Coverage of the Court in the news and blogs is light with the Court on its summer hiatus between terms. Bethany Krajelis of The Madison St. Clair Record reported on Republican…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Planned Parenthood’s Anti-Romney Ad Campaign Persuades Women in Swing States
The Huffington Post: Planned Parenthood's Anti-Romney Ads Swaying Women in Swing States, by Laura Bassett:Planned Parenthood Action Fund's $1.4 million ad campaign spotlighting Mitt Romney's positions on women's issues is…
The Right Coast
Morning Jay: The State of the Race, Four Months Out | The Weekly Standard
InTrade has the odds of Obama winning at 56 percent. Nate Silver has it at 67 percent. Both of those odds look far too high to me. If I were…
Litigation & Trial
“Winning” Is Not A Constitutional Basis For Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Law
Two days ago, State Representative Mike Turzai, one of the top Republicans in Pennsylvania, made a big mistake: he told the truth about Pennsylvania's new voter identification law. At a…
Colorado Homeowners Association Law
CCIOA 101 for HOA Boards: Counting Secret Ballots
Last week in a CCIOA 101 for HOA Boards posting, I talked about the circumstances under which the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (“CCIOA”), at C.R.S. 38-33.3-310, requires the use…
Employer Labor Relations
“Ambush Election” Redux–Will The NLRB’s New Election Rules Be Reinstated This Summer?
By Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
By Jack Toner As we advised in an earlier posting on May 14, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the NLRB’s so called “Ambush…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Briffault, Brody, and Mayer on Disclosure
Richard Briffault (Columbia), Evelyn Brody (Chicago-Kent), and I have posted or published new papers relating to disclosure by nonprofits. Here are the abstracts or a portion of the introduction.Briffault's Updating…
International Law Prof Blog
Egypt’s Constitutional Court
Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court has ruled that the parliament must be immediately dissolved but that former President Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister can run for president. Read more in a…