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ImmigrationProf Blog
Texas Governor Rick Perry Plays the (Anti-)Immigrant Card
This has been a wild election season. California Republican candidate Meg Whitman proclaims that she will get tough on the employers of undocumented immigrants before it is revealed that she…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Federal Judge Will Here Case Regarding False Billboard
The Washington Post: Judge in Ohio turns down anti-abortion group bid: A federal judge has turned down an anti-abortion group's attempt to block an Ohio congressman from moving forward with…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Abortion Becomes Main Issue in Alaska’s Senate Race
The Miami Herald: Abortion, not economy, defines Alaska's 3-way Senate race, by Erika Bolstad: In an election year in which the economy and federal spending have eclipsed the debate over…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
In Politics, Women Look Beyond Gender
LA Times: For women, ideology trumps the gender card, by Cathleen Decker:Female voters are judging Whitman and Fiorina more harshly than men, Times/USC poll finds. As their party's first female…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Planned Parenthood Urges Bayside Residents to Protect Themselves From Senator Padavan
The Bayside Times: Anti-Padavan prophylactics, by Howard Koplowitz: Advocates from Planned Parenthood spiced up the race between state Sen. Frank Padavan (R-Bellerose) and former City Councilman Tony Avella last…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Comeback of Richard Nixon: Dirty Tricks in the Election Season?
ThinkProgress reported that Latinos for Reform — a Republican 527 group — purchased an $80,000 buy on Univision to air ads urging Nevada Latino voters not to vote. The network, which…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Ohio Elections Commission Rules in Favor of U.S. Rep. Driehaus
Cincinnati.Com: Election Commission Backs Driehaus, by jcraig: A three-member panel of the Ohio Elections Commission ruled in favor of U.S. Rep. Steve Driehaus today in his complaint against the anti-abortion…
International Law Prof Blog
Niger
Ban Ki-moon’s Special Representative for West Africa, visited Niger today as part of a joint mission with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to underline the support of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Where Do Your Representatives Stand On Pot?”
Main October 14, 2010"Where Do Your Representatives Stand On Pot?"The title of this post is the headline of this notable local story out of San Diego, which gets started this…
Land Use Prof Blog
Blumenthal & Turnipseed on the Polling Place Priming Effect
Jeremy A. Blumenthal (Syracuse) & Terry L. Turnipseed (Syracuse) have posted Is Voting in Churches (or Anywhere Else) Unconstitutional?: The Polling Place Priming (PPP) Effect, forthcoming in the Boston University…