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Full-Text Articles in Law
Tea Leaves Of The Economy: General Elections In 2010?, Tan K. B. Eugene
Tea Leaves Of The Economy: General Elections In 2010?, Tan K. B. Eugene
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
Incumbent governments with good economic track records would typically capitalise on economic downturns to seize a political advantage by calling for early elections. Will the ruling People's Action Party do so nect year in view of the strong economic perormances in recent months?
November 6, 2009: Hopeful Signs In The Vote In Maine, Bruce Ledewitz
November 6, 2009: Hopeful Signs In The Vote In Maine, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Hopeful Signs in the Vote in Maine“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
E-Voting And Forensics: Prying Open The Black Box, Candice Hoke, Sean Peisert, Matt Bishop, Mark Graff, David Jefferson
E-Voting And Forensics: Prying Open The Black Box, Candice Hoke, Sean Peisert, Matt Bishop, Mark Graff, David Jefferson
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
Over the past six years, the nation has moved rapidly from punch cards and levers to electronic voting systems. These new systems have occasionally presented election officials with puzzling technical irregularities. The national experience has included unexpected and unexplained incidents in each phase of the election process: preparations, balloting, tabulation, and reporting results. Quick technical or managerial assessment can often identify the cause of the problem, leading to a simple and effective solution. But other times, the cause and scope of anomalies cannot be determined. In this paper, we describe the application of a model of forensics to the types …
June 8, 2009: Netroots Nation National Convention In Pittsburgh In August, Bruce Ledewitz
June 8, 2009: Netroots Nation National Convention In Pittsburgh In August, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Netroots Nation National Convention in Pittsburgh in August“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
May 11, 2009: How Religion Dies And Secularism Takes Hold, Bruce Ledewitz
May 11, 2009: How Religion Dies And Secularism Takes Hold, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “How Religion Dies and Secularism Takes Hold“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Barack Obama, Implicit Bias, And The 2008 Election, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Gregory S. Parks
Barack Obama, Implicit Bias, And The 2008 Election, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Gregory S. Parks
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
The election of Barack Obama as the forty-fourth president of the United States suggests that the United States has made great strides with regard to race. The blogs and the pundits may laud Obama’s win as evidence that we now live in a “post-racial America.” But is it accurate to suggest that race no longer significantly influences how Americans evaluate each other? Does Obama’s victory suggest that affirmative action and antidiscrimination protections are no longer necessary? We think not. Ironically, rather than marking the dawn of a post-racial America, Obama’s candidacy reveals how deeply race affects judgment.
February 19, 2009: A New Questions For The Author, Bruce Ledewitz
February 19, 2009: A New Questions For The Author, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “A New Questions for the Author“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Brief Of The Conference Of Chief Justices As Amicus Curiae In Support Of Neither Party, Caperton V. A.T. Massey Coal Co., No. 08-22 (U.S. Jan. 5, 2009), Roy A. Schotland
Brief Of The Conference Of Chief Justices As Amicus Curiae In Support Of Neither Party, Caperton V. A.T. Massey Coal Co., No. 08-22 (U.S. Jan. 5, 2009), Roy A. Schotland
U.S. Supreme Court Briefs
No abstract provided.
Davis V. Fec: Closing The Road To Washington For Joe The Plumber, Sameer Vadera
Davis V. Fec: Closing The Road To Washington For Joe The Plumber, Sameer Vadera
Maryland Law Review Online
No abstract provided.
Racial Paradox And Eclipse: Obama As Balm For What Ails Us, Camille Nelson
Racial Paradox And Eclipse: Obama As Balm For What Ails Us, Camille Nelson
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
INTRODUCTION The 2008 political season provided us with sublime political spec- tacle. The contest for presidential nominee of the Democratic National party was an exciting and historic race. The subsequent presidential race whipped Americans, and indeed many throughout the world, into a frenzy. Never before did two white women and a black man exemplify the dreams and aspirations of so many. People the world over hoped and sought to change the course of history through the selection of the Presi- dent and Vice President of the United States of America. There appeared to be a captivating yet ironic handwringing around …
Quick Off The Mark? In Favor Of Empowering The President-Elect, Nina A. Mendelson
Quick Off The Mark? In Favor Of Empowering The President-Elect, Nina A. Mendelson
Articles
The United States’s presidential transition period is too long. Between November 7, 2008, and January 20, 2009, the media quickly identified a “‘leadership vacuum.’” In contrast to those of President-elect Obama, President Bush’s approval ratings were at historic lows. One reporter commented in late November, “The markets, at least, seem to be listening to one [P]resident—and he’s not the one in the Oval Office,” and another noted that “everyone . . . ignores the actions of the lame duck.”
Poll Workers, Election Administration, And The Problem Of Implicit Bias, Antony Page, Michael J. Pitts
Poll Workers, Election Administration, And The Problem Of Implicit Bias, Antony Page, Michael J. Pitts
Faculty Publications
Racial bias in election administration - more specifically, in the interaction between pollworkers and voters at a voting booth on election day - may be implicit, or unconscious. Indeed, the operation of a polling place may present an “optimal” setting for unconscious racial bias to occur. Poll Workers sometimes have legal discretion to decide whether or not a prospective voter gets to cast a ballot, and they operate in an environment where they may have to make quick decisions, based on little information, with few concrete incentives for accuracy, and with little opportunity to learn from their errors. Even where …
Living In Interesting Times: President Obama And The Rebirth Of The Labor Movement, Daniel S. Bowling Iii
Living In Interesting Times: President Obama And The Rebirth Of The Labor Movement, Daniel S. Bowling Iii
Faculty Scholarship
Legislation has been introduced in the United States that will allow workers to form unions without secret ballot voting among prospective members. This legislation, in its current form, is the most radical change in Federal law governing union recognition in its history. While passage of the legislation is far from certain, it has generated much discussion and argument, most of it polemical. This article examines the issue from a more academic perspective, reviewing the history of organizing and how management practices have developed that effectively use the current election process as a tool to resist organizing efforts, and the effect …
A Federal Constituency For Belgium: Right Idea, Inadequate Method, Donald L. Horowitz
A Federal Constituency For Belgium: Right Idea, Inadequate Method, Donald L. Horowitz
Faculty Scholarship
The survival of the Belgian state is an important matter—and not just to Belgium. If, in the physical and administrative heart of Europe, groups that have lived together peacefully for nearly two centuries decide that they must part, what does that say about the prospects for more fragile, more recently constructed democracies? Partition and secession are generally bad answers to serious ethnic conflict, answers that usually have an array of negative consequences (Horowitz 2003). For this among other reasons, the proposal of the Pavia Group is to be commended. It aims to break the deadlock in Belgian politics and provide …
Withdrawal: The Roberts Court And The Retreat From Election Law, Ellen D. Katz
Withdrawal: The Roberts Court And The Retreat From Election Law, Ellen D. Katz
Articles
Last Term the Supreme Court handed down four decisions that upheld diverse efforts by state governments to regulate the electoral process. The Court turned back challenges to New York’s method for nominating judicial candidates, Washington’s modified blanket primary system, Indiana’s voter identification requirement, and Alabama’s use of gubernatorial appointment to fill county commission vacancies in Mobile County. Unlike other recent election decisions, these were not close cases. All nine Justices supported the New York holding, while supermajorities voted in favor of the result in the others. This consensus, moreover, emerged even as the Court voted to reverse unanimous decisions by …
The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same, Neal Devins
The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same, Neal Devins
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
From Domain Names To Video Games: The Rise Of The Internet In Presidential Politics, Jacqueline D. Lipton
From Domain Names To Video Games: The Rise Of The Internet In Presidential Politics, Jacqueline D. Lipton
Articles
Senator Barack Obama's historic victory in the 2008 election marks some important milestones - notably that this country is ready for its first African-American president. His win also underscores the importance of understanding today's Internet as a campaign tool. No longer is the Internet a one-way communications medium between candidate and electorate. It is now a powerful multi-directional networking tool. It can bridge physical and virtual spaces in a way never before possible, bringing previously latent social and political groups together. Senator Obama's campaign strategists understood and capitalized on the capabilities of what has recently become known as Web 2.0 …