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Pressure Of The Popular: Presidential Prestige And The High Court, Timothy W. Clark Jan 2003

Pressure Of The Popular: Presidential Prestige And The High Court, Timothy W. Clark

William Mitchell Law Review

Review of Popular Justice: Presidential Prestige and Executive Success in the Supreme Court. By Jeff Yates. State University of New York Press, 2002. 131 pages. $17.95.


Erlandson V. Kiffmeyer: Minnesota’S Absentee Voting Laws Following The Sudden Death Of Incumbent Candidate Paul Wellstone, Elizabeth M. Brama Jan 2003

Erlandson V. Kiffmeyer: Minnesota’S Absentee Voting Laws Following The Sudden Death Of Incumbent Candidate Paul Wellstone, Elizabeth M. Brama

William Mitchell Law Review

This article addresses the legal and practical effects of Senator Wellstone's death and the court's absentee ballot decision in Erlandson v. Kiffmeyer. Part II discusses other, surprisingly common, instances when a candidate has died or withdrawn close to an election, and examines Minnesota's approach to pre-election vacancies. Part III explores the Erlandson decision and the facts giving rise to it. Part IV then analyzes the court's decision and the legislature's reaction to it. Finally, Part V concludes that if the state has an acknowledged goal of enfranchising absentee voters even after an unexpected, catastrophic event, then state law must be …