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International Law Prof Blog
Hamid Karzai Elected President of Afghanistan After Challenger Withdraws
Abdullah Abdullah, the challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, withdrew as a candidate from the presidential election run-off in Afghanistan. President Karzai was then declared the winner by default under Afghan law. U.S.…
Land Use Prof Blog
Election Day: land use issues!
Most of the national attention for Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3d, is focused on the horse races in New Jersey, Virginia, and NY-23. But here in Houston and across…
florida ROC
ROC Seminars Are Scheduled for November and December
By Scott Gordon
Our first set of ROC seminars for the 2009-2010 "season" have been scheduled. We'll discuss how the new "Red Flag" identity protection rules will affect resident owned communities, cover election procedures…
International Law Prof Blog
Election Fraud in Afghanistan
Here is a press release received today from the United Nations . . .The United Nations-backed panel probing allegations of irregularities in the recent Afghan elections today submitted its findings to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Death penalty becoming key part of new US Senate race in Massachusetts
Main October 8, 2009Death penalty becoming key part of new US Senate race in MassachusettsThis new item from the Boston Globe, headlined "Brown comes out for the death penalty," reveals…
PrawfsBlawg
Oligarchy in a one-party town
Main Wednesday, September 30, 2009Oligarchy in a one-party townYesterday, New York City held the only election that really matters for the only two city-wide offices that were genuinely up for…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
DC Circuit Rejects Rules Limiting Fundraising by Nonprofits for Election-Related Spending
We previously blogged about the pending Supreme Court case of Citizens United v. FEC that may result in the Court holding that all corporations, for-profit and nonprofit, must be allowed under…
Ontario Condo Law Blog
HST at centre of by-election politics
The impact of the proposed HST on condominium corporations and their unit owners is turning into a political football in the upcoming provincial by-election in Toronto.
Media Law Prof Blog
Hillary: The Movie Re-Run
The Supreme Court is rehearing the "Hillary: The Movie" case today. It's newly appointed Justice Sonia Sotomayor's first chance to hear oral argument, being streamed by CSPAN here.
The Right Coast
Does the Lawlessness of the Democrats Know Any Bounds?Mike Rappaport
Well, in Massachusetts, the question answers itself. Senator Kennedy has passed from this earth, but his dying wish was for the state to change the law so that the Democratic…