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Circumventing The Electoral College: Why The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact Survives Constitutional Scrutiny Under The Compact Clause, Michael Brody 2013 George Mason University School of Law

Circumventing The Electoral College: Why The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact Survives Constitutional Scrutiny Under The Compact Clause, Michael Brody

Legislation and Policy Brief

It’s Election Night 2016. Brian Williams stands by at NBC, waiting to give the first returns of the night. “Kentucky to Christie,” Williams triumphantly announces to kick off the evening’s festivities. Kentucky turns flush red on NBC’s virtual election map. Williams continues: “Maryland to Clinton.” Now comes the hard part for Williams. Clinton won Maryland by an incredible two-to-one margin. NBC viewers intently watch the map, expecting to see the Old Line State turn blue. Instead, Maryland sits idly in its static grey color. This election has something new.

Confused NBC viewers keep watching, waiting for Williams to provide an …


General Knit Revives Hollywood Ceramics; The Nlrb Again Prohibits Campaign Misrepresentations, Dwight Tracy Shaw 2013 Pepperdine University

General Knit Revives Hollywood Ceramics; The Nlrb Again Prohibits Campaign Misrepresentations, Dwight Tracy Shaw

Pepperdine Law Review

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Shelby County V. Holder: Brief Of Amici Curiae Ellen D. Katz And The Voting Rights Initiative In Support Of Respondents, Ellen D. Katz 2013 University of Michigan Law School

Shelby County V. Holder: Brief Of Amici Curiae Ellen D. Katz And The Voting Rights Initiative In Support Of Respondents, Ellen D. Katz

Appellate Briefs

The Voting Rights Initiative ("VRI") at the University of Michigan Law School is a faculty-student collaborative research venture under the direction of Professor Ellen D. Katz. In 2005, VRI undertook a comprehensive analysis of all cases involving claims brought under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act since 1982 that resulted in one or more decisions published in a federal reporter or available on Westlaw or Lexis-a total of 763 decisions in 331 lawsuits. Each case was evaluated and catalogued based on a variety of factors, including whether it involved a jurisdiction "covered" under Section 5, the substan- tive outcome, …


Proposition 8: California Law After In Re Lance W. And People V. Castro, Mark Dyer Klein, Randall A. Cohen 2013 Pepperdine University

Proposition 8: California Law After In Re Lance W. And People V. Castro, Mark Dyer Klein, Randall A. Cohen

Pepperdine Law Review

Until recently, California provided a relatively high level of constitutional protection to criminal defendants. With the passage of Proposition 8 in 1982, the California voters expressed their desire to decrease this level of protection in order to remove impediments to the effective prosecution of criminally accuseds. This comment will examine two of the major provisions of Proposition 8 and their effect on California law in light of major cases decided by the California Supreme Court in 1985.


Special Interest Money: A Threat To Democratic Government, David L. Boren 2013 Pepperdine University

Special Interest Money: A Threat To Democratic Government, David L. Boren

Pepperdine Law Review

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Liability Of Political Candidates And Their Staffs For Campaign Committee Obligations , Anthony J. Mohr 2013 Pepperdine University

Liability Of Political Candidates And Their Staffs For Campaign Committee Obligations , Anthony J. Mohr

Pepperdine Law Review

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How Young Should Voters Be?: 16-Year-Olds’ Entitlement To The Most Basic Civil Right [Part V], Vivian E. Hamilton 2013 William & Mary Law School

How Young Should Voters Be?: 16-Year-Olds’ Entitlement To The Most Basic Civil Right [Part V], Vivian E. Hamilton

Popular Media

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Just How Young Should Voters Be? Part Iv: Assessing Adolescents’ Electoral Competence, Vivian E. Hamilton 2013 William & Mary Law School

Just How Young Should Voters Be? Part Iv: Assessing Adolescents’ Electoral Competence, Vivian E. Hamilton

Popular Media

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Just How Youthful Should Voters Be? Part Iii: Why We Need A Conception Of Electoral Competence, And Its Implications For Adults With Cognitive Impairments, Vivian E. Hamilton 2013 William & Mary Law School

Just How Youthful Should Voters Be? Part Iii: Why We Need A Conception Of Electoral Competence, And Its Implications For Adults With Cognitive Impairments, Vivian E. Hamilton

Popular Media

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Just How Youthful Should Voters Be? Part Ii: Defining Electoral Decision-Making Competence, Vivian E. Hamilton 2013 William & Mary Law School

Just How Youthful Should Voters Be? Part Ii: Defining Electoral Decision-Making Competence, Vivian E. Hamilton

Popular Media

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The Youth Vote Matters. But Just How Young Should Voters Be? [Part I], Vivian E. Hamilton 2013 William & Mary Law School

The Youth Vote Matters. But Just How Young Should Voters Be? [Part I], Vivian E. Hamilton

Popular Media

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Chapter 497: A Vote For Greater Participation In Elections, Danielle Lenth 2013 Pacific McGeorge School of Law

Chapter 497: A Vote For Greater Participation In Elections, Danielle Lenth

McGeorge Law Review

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Chapter 160: Felons Who Violate “Public Trust” Banned From Elected Office, Kevin Heitz 2013 Pacific McGeorge School of Law

Chapter 160: Felons Who Violate “Public Trust” Banned From Elected Office, Kevin Heitz

McGeorge Law Review

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Chapter 271: Another Step In California’S Redistricting Reform, Elizabeth Smutz 2013 Pacific McGeorge School of Law

Chapter 271: Another Step In California’S Redistricting Reform, Elizabeth Smutz

McGeorge Law Review

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Buying The Electorate: An Empirical Study Of The Current Campaign Finance Landscape And How The Supreme Court Erred In Not Revisiting Citizens United, William Alan Nelson II 2013 George Washington University Law School

Buying The Electorate: An Empirical Study Of The Current Campaign Finance Landscape And How The Supreme Court Erred In Not Revisiting Citizens United, William Alan Nelson Ii

Cleveland State Law Review

The Article discusses how the Supreme Court erred by summarily reversing the Montana Supreme Court’s decision in Western Tradition Partnership v. AG and not revisiting its holding in Citizens United v. FEC. The Article begins by discussing the holding in the Western Tradition Partnership case and analyzing both the majority and dissenting opinions. The Article then analyzes how the Montana Supreme Court distinguished Citizens United, with the Court specifically looking at the “unique” political history in Montana and finding that Montana’s ban on corporate independent political spending served a compelling state interest and was narrowly tailored to that interest. The …


Mapping A Post-Shelby County Contingency Strategy, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, Guy-Uriel E. Charles 2013 Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Mapping A Post-Shelby County Contingency Strategy, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, Guy-Uriel E. Charles

Articles by Maurer Faculty

Professors Guy-Uriel E. Charles and Luis Fuentes-Rohwer argue that voting rights activists ought to be prepared for a future in which section 5 is not part of the landscape. If the Court strikes down section 5, an emerging ecosystem of private entities and organized interest groups of various stripes—what they call institutional intermediaries—may be willing and able to mimic the elements that made section 5 an effective regulatory device. As voting rights activists plot a post-Shelby County contingency strategy, they should both account for institutional intermediaries and think about the types of changes that could enhance the ability of these …


Foreword: The State Of The Republican Form Of Government In Montana, Anthony Johnstone 2013 Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana

Foreword: The State Of The Republican Form Of Government In Montana, Anthony Johnstone

Faculty Law Review Articles

This foreword to the 2012 Browning Symposium contributes to the discussion of republican forms of government in the states by situating Montana's experience in broader themes of federal intervention in state republicanism. It serves as an epilogue to match Jeff Wiltse's prologue, which reexamines the election in 1912 that gave birth to the Corrupt Practices Act by examining the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's burial of that law 100 years later.

Part I of the foreword considers the recent federal constitutional challenges that dismantled elements of the republican form of government that prevailed in Montana for the past century. …


Voter Id: Who Has Them? Who Shows Them?, Charles Stewart III 2013 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Voter Id: Who Has Them? Who Shows Them?, Charles Stewart Iii

Oklahoma Law Review

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What Is The Value Of Participation?, Chad W. Flanders 2013 Saint Louis University School of Law

What Is The Value Of Participation?, Chad W. Flanders

Oklahoma Law Review

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P = E2 And Other Thoughts On What Is The Value Of Participation?, Michael J. Pitts 2013 Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis

P = E2 And Other Thoughts On What Is The Value Of Participation?, Michael J. Pitts

Oklahoma Law Review

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