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Full-Text Articles in Law
Keeping Up With New Legal Titles, Tina M. Brooks
Keeping Up With New Legal Titles, Tina M. Brooks
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
In this book review, Tina M. Brooks discusses Voters' Verdicts: Citizens, Campaigns, and Institutions in State Supreme Court Elections by Chris W. Bonneau and Damon M. Cann.
Aggregate Corruption, Michael D. Gilbert, Emily Reeder
Aggregate Corruption, Michael D. Gilbert, Emily Reeder
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Voting Realism, Gilda R. Daniels
Voting Realism, Gilda R. Daniels
Kentucky Law Journal
Since Shelby County v. Holder, the country has grown accustomed to life without the fl! strength of the Voting Rights Act. Efforts to restore Section 4 have been met with calls to ignore race conscious remedies and employ race neutral remedies for modem day voting rights violations. In this new normal, the country should adopt "voting realism" as the new approach to ensuring that law and reality work to address these new millennium methods of voter discrimination.
A Pivotal Moment For Election Law, Joshua A. Douglas
A Pivotal Moment For Election Law, Joshua A. Douglas
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Economic Precarity, Race, And Voting Structures, Atiba R. Ellis
Economic Precarity, Race, And Voting Structures, Atiba R. Ellis
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Judicial "Enforcement" Of A Grand Election Bargain, Michael J. Pitts
Judicial "Enforcement" Of A Grand Election Bargain, Michael J. Pitts
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Judicial Review Of Direct Democracy: A Reappraisal, Michael E. Solimine
Judicial Review Of Direct Democracy: A Reappraisal, Michael E. Solimine
Kentucky Law Journal
In his dissent in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission in 2015, Justice Clarence Thomas argued that the Supreme Court had been inconsistent in the rigor it employs when considering constitutional challenges to the products of direct democracy, i.e., referenda and initiatives. Some cases seemed to use stricter scrutiny, and others lesser scrutiny, as compared to challenges to ordinary legislation. Justice Thomas argued that the review of direct democracy should be the same as for ordinary legislation, a proposition with which this Article agrees. This Article challenges the position advanced by Professor Julian Eule over twenty-five years …
Arbitrating Ballot Battles?, Rebecca Green
Arbitrating Ballot Battles?, Rebecca Green
Kentucky Law Journal
This short article posits that arbitration is an under-explored mechanism for resolving post-election disputes. As Professor Edward Foley documents in Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States, post-election disputes have brought state and federal government to a political precipice numerous times in our history. A comprehensive, transparent, and fair arbitration process could well save us from another.
State Judges And The Right To Vote, Joshua A. Douglas
State Judges And The Right To Vote, Joshua A. Douglas
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
State courts are paramount in defining the constitutional right to vote. This primacy of state courts exists in part because the right to vote is a state-based right protected under state constitutions. In addition, election administration is largely state-driven, with states regulating most of the rules for casting and counting ballots. State law thus guarantees—and state courts interpret—the voting rights that we cherish so much as a society. State courts that issue rulings broadly defining the constitutional right to vote best protect the most fundamental right in our democracy; state decisions that constrain voting to a narrower scope do harm …
A “Checklist Manifesto” For Election Day: How To Prevent Mistakes At The Polls, Joshua A. Douglas
A “Checklist Manifesto” For Election Day: How To Prevent Mistakes At The Polls, Joshua A. Douglas
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Mistakes happen—especially at the polls on Election Day. To fix this complex problem inherent in election administration, this Article proposes the use of simple checklists. Errors occur in every election, yet many of them are avoidable. Poll workers should have easy-to-use tools to help them on Election Day as they handle throngs of voters. Checklists can assist poll workers in pausing during a complex process to avoid errors. This is a simple idea with a big payoff: fewer lost votes, shorter lines at the polls, a reduction in post-election litigation, and smoother election administration. Further, unlike many other suggested election …
In Defense Of Lowering The Voting Age, Joshua A. Douglas
In Defense Of Lowering The Voting Age, Joshua A. Douglas
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
This Essay outlines the various policy arguments in favor of lowering the voting age to sixteen. Part I presents a very brief history of the voting age in U.S. elections. It notes that setting the voting age at eighteen is, in many ways, a historical accident, so lowering the voting age for local elections does not cut against historical norms. Part II explains that there are no constitutional barriers to local jurisdictions lowering the voting age for their own elections. Part III highlights the benefits to democracy and representation that lowering the voting age will engender. Turning eighteen represents a …
A Pivotal Moment For Election Law, Joshua A. Douglas
A Pivotal Moment For Election Law, Joshua A. Douglas
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
In this brief Foreword to the Kentucky Law Journal Symposium Issue, I chronicle the importance of Justice Scalia's death to election law jurisprudence and highlight the articles in this Issue that will shape the debate in the coming years. Part I looks at how a replacement for Justice Scalia could change, solidify, or extend various aspects of election law doctrine. Part II then summarizes the seven articles in this Symposium Issue, explaining how fresh eyes on the Court could potentially give these proposals a boost. This is a pivotal moment for election law. The Kentucky Law Journal articles in this …