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Government and Public Policy
Jim Hood Won the A.G. Race Because of North Mississippi? Really?
To hear Republicans tell it, Attorney General Jim Hood (pictured) won re-election due to unprecedented support in North Mississippi. Here is an article on the race on LegalNewsline.com, an anti-consumer site funded by…
LawSites
How a Legal Website ‘Fixed’ the 2008 Presidential Election
Barack Obama owes a big debt of gratitude to the legal web portal Justia. Without it, he might not be president today. You see, sometime around the time of the…
Ohio Appellate Insights
The Hamilton County Juvenile Court Election: O. Henry Ending, Part I.
Update: read the post about Judge Dlott's Feb 8 2012 opinion about this race here. Who would have thought that with the 2011 elections now over, the November 2, 2010…
ImmigrationProf Blog
News from Arizona: SB 1070 Drafter, Russell Pearce, Recalled
The L.A. Times reports that Russell Pearce, the president of the Arizona state Senate, conceded to Republican challenger Jerry Lewis late Tuesday in the first recall of a sitting lawmaker…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Caught Between Election Reform and Early Primary
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
The State of Florida last spring enacted sweeping changes to its election laws, including provisions that tighten requirements on third party voter registration groups, reduce the number of early voting…
The Faculty Lounge
Do District Attorneys Campaign in the Courtroom? Some thoughts here
Do District Attorneys Campaign in the Courtroom? Some thoughts here. Posted by Tim Zinnecker at 10:11 AM in Criminal Law, Death Penalty, Fairness and Justice, Politics, Sentencing | Permalink |
International Law Prof Blog
Security Council Elections
Guatemala, Morocco and Pakistan will serve as non-permanent members of the 15-member Security Council in 2012-13 after winning their seats during the first round of elections held earlier today.United Nations…
Legal Profession Blog
Not Horsing Around
The Louisiana Supreme Court has suspended an attorney based on a recent guilty plea in federal court.Nola.com reports on the situation:Less than a week before he was scheduled to go…
International Law Prof Blog
Nine States Vie for UNSC Seats
Elections for five non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council will be held tomorrow. Nine countries are formally campaigning for the seats.The UNSC seeks diverse geographic representation for these…
The Right Coast
Colleen Carroll Campbell: Obama is alienating Catholic voters
While other voters have been disappointed by Obama's economicfailures and arrogant, ham-handed approach to everything fromhealth care reform to the Solyndra scandal, swing-voting Catholicshave special reason to feel betrayed. A…