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Jul
Does Brett Kavanaugh Spell the End of Voting Rights?
Mr. Berman is a journalist who specializes in voting rights.Source: Does Brett Kavanaugh Spell the End of Voting Rights?...
15
Jul
Trump Picked Kavanaugh. How Will He Change the Supreme Court?
Top legal thinkers weigh the record of Brett Kavanaugh, the likely replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy. In the end, President Donald Trump made the expected choice: Brett Kavanaugh, a conservative jurist who has served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.Source: Trump Picked Kavanaugh. How Will He Change the Supreme Court?...
15
Jul
California Passes Toughest Online Privacy Law in the U.S.
With the GDPR just over one month old, the California legislature has now passed its own version of the European privacy law, ushering in the toughest rules on internet privacy in the country.Source: California Passes Toughest Online Privacy Law in the U.S....
15
Jul
Opinion: Top-two primary election method is failing Californians
California has a reputation for progressive reforms in areas ranging from safeguarding its pristine coastline to protecting vulnerable undocumented immigrants. But some of the state’s reforms have yielded harmful consequences.Source: Opinion: Top-two primary election method is failing Californians...
15
Jul
5 things we learned from Mueller’s new Russia indictment
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of 12 Russian officials Friday revealed a host of new information on Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election.Source: 5 things we learned from Mueller’s new Russia indictment...
15
Jul
Twelve Write-in Candidates in California Primary Place Second and Will Run in November
On July 13, the California Secretary of State released the official tally for the June 5, 2018 primary. In three U.S. House races and nine Assembly races, a write-in candidate placed second and will appear on the November ballot.Source: Twelve Write-in Candidates in California Primary Place Second and Will Run in November...
15
Jul
The Cybersecurity 202: House Democrats list states with weakest election security in new report
House Democrats are trying to ramp up pressure to send more election security funding to states by spotlighting the ones they say are most vulnerable going into November.Source: The Cybersecurity 202: House Democrats list states with weakest election security in new report...
15
Jul
Republican National Committee v. Federal Election Commission
Charles Davis, Kavanaugh and campaign finance: , SCOTUSblog (Jul. 13, 2018, 2:28 PM), https://ift.tt/2KWk2M7Source: Republican National Committee v. Federal Election Commission...
15
Jul
Justice Kavanaugh can help fix gerrymandering
The Supreme Court has for decades avoided definitively resolving the question of how much political gerrymandering is too much for the Constitution to tolerate. And so, when many legal commentators read the Court’s recent opinion in Gill v.Source: Justice Kavanaugh can help fix gerrymandering...
15
Jul
First Oral Argument in Lawsuits Against “Winner-take-all” Electoral College
On Tuesday, July 10, attorney David Boies argued in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles in a case charging that the winner-take-all system for choosing presidential electors violates the Fourteenth Amendment. Ridriguez v Brown, c.d., 2:18cv-1422.Source: First Oral Argument in Lawsuits Against “Winner-take-all” Electoral College...