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Broadcast Law Blog
Reminder: Equal Time and Lowest Unit Rate Rules Apply to State and Municipal Elections
While it seems like we just finished the election season, it seems like there is always an election somewhere. We are still getting calls about municipal and other state and…
Train Law Blog
The Real Meaning of Election of Remedies Under the FRSA
The coalition of unions on Metro-North Railroad, the Metro-North Labor Council, recently met with the top administrators and whistleblower investigators from OSHA's Regions 1 and Region 2. Every craft…
The Right Coast
Can the Senate Refuse to Seat Burris?Mike Rappaport
Akhil Amar and Josh Chafetz have an essay out in Slate arguing that the Senate has the power to exclude Roland Burris from a Senate seat. Eugene Volokh and Brian…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Liptak on Bush v. Gore
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Adam Liptak reports in today's New York Times on the staying power of Bush v. Gore in the lower courts. From the article:But now, as the petitioner leaves the national…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
United States Senate – updates
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It's almost Winter Solstice and the 2009 Senate is still unsettled - - - with three seats as yet undetermined.[There are four, see update on Colorado here]First, there is the…
International Law Prof Blog
New Prime Minister Elected in Thailand
The parliament in Thailand has elected as prime minister a young, Oxford-educated opposition leader. The vote follows months of protests and demonstrations that closed two airports in Thailand. Click here…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Another reminder of the crime dog that did not bark in the 2008 election season
Main December 3, 2008Another reminder of the crime dog that did not bark in the 2008 election seasonSince one senate race was only decided last night and another one remains…
International Law Prof Blog
U.S. State Department Statement on Elections in Honduras
The U.S. State Department has extended the congratulations of the United States to the people of Honduras for their successful primary elections held on November 30, 2008. The State Department…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Senate Seat – MN
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Keeping tabs on the still-pending Senate election in Minnesota? Here is an excerpt from a UPI story that started a bit of controversy:The Minnesota U.S. Senate contest between incumbent Republican…
ImmigrationProf Blog
US Justice Foundation Set on Challening Obama’s Citizenship
A lawyer who is playing a key role in a California lawsuit urging officials to prevent the state's 55 Electoral College votes from being recorded for Barack Obama until questions…