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23 Feb 2009, 9:48 am
In a piece for the Heritage Foundation, Nat Ward and I consider, among other things, whether anyone would actually have standing to challenge the "District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act," assuming Congress... [read post]
5 Jun 2020, 3:55 pm by Erin Napoleon
Following the long tradition of those who marched for voting rights on Sunday, March 7, 1965, in Selma, Alabama, Plaintiffs seek to address racial inequities. [read post]
The alleged aim of the attack was to prevent Congress members and former Vice President Pence from counting certified lists of votes from the Electoral College, in an alleged conspiracy to violate 42 USC § 1985(1). [read post]
6 Jan 2015, 8:52 am by WIMS
<> Putting Jobs First, Keystone Pipeline Among First Votes for New Congress - WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. [read post]
27 Sep 2013, 9:04 am by Stuart Kaplow
Amendments are likely as the DC Council is expected to vote on the Green Code before the end of 2013 with an early 2014 effective date. [read post]
18 Sep 2007, 5:47 pm
[JURIST] The US Senate [official website] voted Tuesday 57-42 [roll call] against proceeding with debate on the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act [S. 1257 bill summary], killing the bill before it reached Senate consideration by falling three votes short of the 60 necessary to move forward. [read post]
25 Jun 2007, 8:51 am
As the Employee Free Choice Act heads for a vote tomorrow, let's take a moment to remember the hypocrisy of this misnamed piece of political payback.Today we got a petition from Washington DC (case no. 5-RC-16116, filed June 15th - I'll post a picture of the petition as soon as we get it) where 14 employees of the Communications Workers International Union filed a petition to be represented BY THEIR OWN UNION (not to put too fine a point on it, but this has got to raise… [read post]
17 Aug 2020, 11:19 am by William Ford
Were 200 members to vote on a bill in person and 50 to vote by proxy, they argue, the strength of the physically present member’s vote would decrease from 1/200 to 1/250. [read post]
Giuliani has already been temporarily suspended from the DC Bar and permanently suspended from the New York Bar. [read post]
12 Nov 2009, 2:50 am
In Washington, DC, the Catholic Archdiocese is threatening to end the social service programs it operates under contract with the city if City Council does not include broader religious exemptions in the same-sex marriage bill that it will vote on next month. [read post]
8 Jun 2009, 11:26 am
Election officials in Washington, DC, are finally going to get source code for voting machines that produced ‘phantom’ votes during the district’s primary election last September. [read post]
1 Jun 2015, 2:58 pm by Mark Murakami
Per Congressman Young's website, the House is set to vote on the bill today. [read post]
8 Apr 2021, 3:41 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The ongoing struggle in the United States between advocates for voting rights and official proponents of voter suppression measures intensified in 2020 during a bitter presidential election campaign conducted amidst the substantial additional challenges to participatory democracy posed by the global pandemic…Columbia University Libraries has initiated a new thematic web archive collection devoted to documenting these historic debates and any ensuing legislation, both at the national… [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 9:47 am by Rick.Hasen@lls.edu
Kate Masur has written this NYT oped on voting rights in Washington DC.... [read post]
5 Dec 2019, 6:08 am by Associated Press
., Council has urged a member saddled with allegations of wrongdoing to resign before a formal vote to expel him from office. [read post]
25 Jul 2011, 9:13 am by jleaming@acslaw.org
Section 2 prohibits any “voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice or procedure” being imposed or applied to any State or political subdivision” that would “deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color” while Section (5) requires a DOJ or US District Court of DC “pre-clearance” when seeking to administer any voting qualification,… [read post]
23 Dec 2009, 12:03 pm by Greenberg &amp; Bederman
Roger Greenberg was voted into 2010 Maryland and DC Superlawyers Magazine. [read post]