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Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
CRL&P Daily Reads: Apr. 8, 2014
SCOTUS isn't ready to consider the ban on campaign contributions by corporations to political candidates. Federal judge rejects Texas legislators' claims to qualified immunity as to documents relating to state's voter…
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A brief summary of the development of campaign finance laws
Today, WaPo reporter Jaime Fuller provides this intriguing historical summary of political spending and attempts by federal and state governments to regulate campaign finance. She begins by recounting the early efforts of…
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“Civil Death and the Execution of Democracy: Black Political Power in ‘New Jim Crow’ Era of Mass Incarceration”
The title of this post comes from this upcoming paper by Professor Christina Rivers, the abstract of which states: Under the concept of "civil death", felony convictions trigger disenfranchisement laws…
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CRL&P Daily Reads: Feb. 13, 2014
Pennsylvania judge dismisses assisted-suicide case against nurse who allegedly handed morphine bottle to her 93-year-old father. Decades-old voting machines an 'impending crisis' for nation's election. States have until until May…
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CRL&P Daily Reads: Jan. 3, 2014
Lawsuit alleges Amarillo sheriff impermissibly terminated two employees who made sexual harassment allegations against him; and, inmate's prisoner retaliation claim must be based on more than just temporal proximity to protected…
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SCOTUS Brief In Hawaii Reapportionment Case: Exclusions From Population Are Not Reviewed Under “Rational Basis”
Here's the Brief Opposing Motion to Affirm, filed today (Dec. 26, 2013) in Kostick v. Nago, No. 13-456. That's the appeal currently pending in the Supreme Court challenging a ruling…
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Brennan Center details best practices for reforming voting system
Last week, the Brennan Center for Justice released its new report: How to Fix the Voting System. The report is adapted from testimony the Center presented to the Presidential Commission on Election Administration--established…
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CRL&P Daily Reads: Dec. 21, 2013
Rhode Island Secretary of State candidate wants to repeal state's voter ID law; Iowa's Secretary of State candidates get ready to battle over voting rights; Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear voter ID challenge;…
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Attorneys seek three clarifications to North Carolina’s new voting laws
Here's the story: Election law attorneys at Bailey & Dixon in Raleigh have petitioned the State Board of Elections seeking the adoption of three rules clarifying new voting laws approved…
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CRL&P Daily Reads: Dec. 6, 2013
Democratic lawmaker urging Florida to allow online voter registration, same-day registration, and to create more early voting sites; and, Obama expects to see bipartisan improvents to voting access in 2014.…