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International Law Prof Blog
New President Elected in Pakistan
Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, was yesterday elected president of Pakistan. He is replacing former President Pervez Musharraf, who resigned to avoid an impeachment…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 9/4/08
Once again, we have a variety of posts, ranging from social networking for lawyers to child support and the election. Don't just click through to these, feel free to drop…
International Law Prof Blog
Bolivia: National Electoral Court Says Upcoming Referendum on a New Constitution is Void
The New York Times reports today that Bolivia's National Electoral Court has annulled a decree by President Evo Morales, who had called for a December 7 referendum on a new…
The Right Coast
Go Sarah Tom Smith
Much wringing of hands in the RINO blogosphere. Puzzlement and recalibration in the Obama tent. Lawyers from Harvard and Stanford are boarding Air Alaska to go prowling around Juneau and…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
McCain Picks Anti-Choice AK Gov. Sarah Palin
Bloomberg.com: Palin Pick Could Be `Home Run' or `Bust' for McCain in Campaign, by Heidi Przybyla: John McCain's selection of AlaskaGovernor Sarah Palin as his running mate is designed to…
The Right Coast
Biden and the Catholic vote Tom Smith
It looks like the Catholic vote will be especially important in this year's presidential election, at least that's what everyone is saying. Cokie Roberts stressed that this morning on NPR…
InsureReinsure
Venezuelan Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Candidate Blacklist
The Venezuelan Supreme Court recently upheld the constitutionality of blocking 272 mostly opposition candidates from running for office on the basis of suspicion of corruption. The court rejected arguments that…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Unions Ask FEC to Probe Wal-Mart for Electoral No-No
Kris Maher and Ann Zimmerman report in today’s Wall Street Journal that[p]rominent labor groups are seeking an investigation into whether Wal-Mart Stores Inc. violated federal election laws by telling employees…
ContractsProf Blog
Ohio Sues E-Voting Machine Company for Breach of Contract
Ohio has waged a countersuit against e-voting machine maker Diebold (now known as Premier Election Solutions), seeking damages caused by malfunctioning machines in the swing state's 2004 and 2006 elections.…
TortsProf Blog
Lawyers & the Presidential Election
Interesting piece in Forbes, noting first the easy theme (lots more lawyer money to Obama than McCain), but also observing that it's slightly more complicated (much of the lawyer money…