Voting Rights Gets A New Scholarly Institution

Voting Rights Gets A New Scholarly Institution

By EditorNov 17, 2015
Voting Rights litigators, advocates, experts and practitioners have a new resource both online and off with the newly established Voting Rights Institute at Georgetown Law. The institute was formed in partnership with the American Constitution Society and the Campaign Legal Center. Many of the stalwarts working behind the scenes in voting rights litigation came together for what many would say is a much needed destination for voting rights scholarship, a subject often lost in the larger civil rights agenda. (more…)
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American Constitution Society Brief: Will the Supreme Court Endanger Election Reform?

American Constitution Society Brief: Will the Supreme Court Endanger Election Reform?

By EditorFeb 24, 2015
 February 24, 2015 ACS is pleased to distribute “Another Attack on Election Reform: Congressional Redistricting Commissions,” an Issue Brief by Alan B. Morrison, Lerner Family Associate Dean for Public Interest and Public Service Law and Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University Law School. In 2011, the Supreme Court struck down an attempt by Arizona voters to strengthen the integrity of state government through a public financing scheme for state elections. Now, just four years later, the Court is weighing the constitutionality of Arizona voters’ next attempt at electoral reform. In this issue brief, Morrison argues that the Supreme Court should let stand the…
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