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• Not Nader!

  Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:11 PM by Deborah N. Pearlstein
  
  
  
  Ooof—well, Dawn , I certainly didn't intend to leave the impression there are no differences between Indiana Dems and Republicans. And perhaps I may be granted some dispensation for having lived in the district that elected Dan Burton , R-Ind., to Congress. Read More...
  Filed under: voter ID, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board

• Facing Consensus: The importance of the "facial" vs. "as applied" distinction in the Roberts Court.

  Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:56 AM by Doug Kmiec
  
  
  
  The Roberts Court is successfully pursuing consensus across ideological lines using the distinction between facial and as applied constitutional challenges. For a Court that is made up of both conservatives and liberals, it allows both to be both at the same time. Read More...
  Filed under: Douglas W. Kmiec, Roberts Court, voter ID, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, as applied, facial

• Only the Perception of Truthiness

  Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 11:07 PM by Deborah N. Pearlstein
  
  
  
  A few modest additions to the early word on voter ID. First, for all those who would prefer to insist that Justice Stevens is easily pegged as a dyed-in-the-wool liberal, the Stevens-Roberts-Kennedy opinion in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board Read More...
  Filed under: voter ID, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board

• Most Intriguing Author Line Ever

  Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 6:51 PM by David Barron
  
  
  
  JUSTICE STEVENS announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion in which THE CHIEF JUSTICE and Justice KENNEDY join. That's from Crawford v. Marion County . It reveals yet again just how influential Justice Kennedy is: He's such a swinging Read More...
  Filed under: david barron, voter ID, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, Chief Justice Roberts

• Voter ID: Nobody Knows Nothing, and That Might Be Good

  Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 6:13 PM by David Barron
  
  
  
  Marty nicely describes the paucity of evidence supporting Indiana's claim in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board that voter fraud is rampant in Hoosier land. After all, the Court long ago held in Croson that Richmond could not rely on experiences Read More...
  Filed under: David Barron, voter ID, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board

• Facial ID's, Facial Challenges and In Your Face Politics

  Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 4:18 PM by Jack Balkin
  
  
  
  In Crawford v. Marion County Election Board , the Supreme Court continues a trend of using technical doctrines of facial challenges to swat away constitutional litigation and drive questions back to the political process. Whether you think that is a good Read More...
  Filed under: voter ID, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, voting rights

• Voter ID Laws: A "Solution" in Search of a Problem

  Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 11:02 AM by Marty Lederman
  
  
  
  I'm just beginning to read through the opinions in today's decision upholding the facial validity of Indiana's voter-ID law. Along with many others, I have argued that the law is unconstitutional because it imposes burdens on voting without advancing Read More...
  Filed under: voter ID, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, voting rights

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