nov. 3 2008 a recent report on dailykos that georgias secretary of state is encouraging citizens to challenge each others citizenship at the polls and is planning to require thousands of registered voters to cast special challenge ballots has inspired me to repost excerpts of this story i wrote in july 2007. the activities of ms. strong formerly the vice chair of g......
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mark crispin miller is professor of media studies at new york university and the author of the book fooled again how the right stole the 2004 elections. he is known for his writing on american media and for his activism on behalf of democratic media reform. his books include boxed in the culture of tv seeing through movies and mad scientists a study of war propaganda. miller writes in his bo......
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i dont really know what to say about the latest antivoting frenzy on the right except the obvious if you do anything a million times and it is done correctly 980000 times the correct analysis is not omg twenty thousand errors but rather 98 success rate not too shabby. especially if the remaining 2 are being identified and corrected. in most......
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so the headlines have been blaring about a 28500plate fundraising dinner for barack obama last night one attended by about 300 people the usual hollyweird crowd will ferrell jodie foster leonardo dicaprio jamie lee curtis steven spielberg david geffen jeffrey katzenberg 4 1. barbara streisand was there singing so i have to admit im glad i wasnt there. ......
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i first mentioned ed stills blog votelaw back on october 24 2002 and the alabama lawyers still going strong. eds blog is at the intersection of politics and law redistricting campaign finance the right to vote election law and administration and politics in trouble. its a great blog to follow especially during an election year.......
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according to a press release shown on the blog votelaw a new group named americans for redistricting reform has formed to advocate for reform of the redistricting process. the group is an umbrella organization for various groups involved in the redistricting process including the brennan center for justice the campaign legal center the committee for economic development common cause the......
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edward still at votelaw has a brief item this morning pointing out this story on pennsylvan ias bon usgate82 21 that details how emails between house employees are being used to prove the prosecutions case including obtaining the indictments. the prosecutions press release includes links to the grand jury reports. while the candor expressed in the e......
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....litical loyalists and advisers. the money came from pacs used to raise mr. patakis profile nationally and to lay the foundations for a possible presidential run. they were organized in virgini www.votelaw.com the talented mr. walsh compare two front page stories by bill walsh of the picayunes washington bureau. in october 2005 he wrote about the inability of local firms to win katrina recons...
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....litical loyalists and advisers. the money came from pacs used to raise mr. patakis profile nationally and to lay the foundations for a possible presidential run. they were organized in virgini www.votelaw.com where do the candidates stand on the environment barack obama barack obama doesnt just admit that america has a serious problem when it comes to oil dependency and climate change he a...
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eric turkewitz the new york attorney and founder of the turkewitz law firm is the featured interview subject for todays lexblog q a . aside from his legal work eric also runs a blog the new york personal injury law blog and has been a featured speaker at various health an pharmaceut icalrelat ed events over the past few years. see the details of our email interview ......
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we continue with the lexblog q a today bringing another guest j. daniel hull into the hotseat. dan is a californiabased partner at hull mcguire pc and author of the legal blog what about clients where he sheds light on client service issues through an international lens. in a phone interview conducted last week we spoke about the role blogging plays in his business whe......
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j. craig williams our guest for todays lexblog q a is the founder of the williams lindberg law firm and author of the law blog may it please the court . based out of newport beach california craigs blog started in 2004 received recognition two years later when it was selected by the los angeles press club as the best individual weblog beating out materia......
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happy presidents day. to those readers sitting at home monitoring their feeds instead of working today weve got a great lexblog q a to tide you over with. the guest blogging attorney doug cornelius a bostonbased associate with goodwin procter . doug runs two blogs that showcase his areas of expertise km space focusing on knowledge managementlegal technology iss......
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greg storey our guest for todays q a isnt just lexblogs creative director his real job is principal at the californiabased web design and development corporation airbag industries . since he began working with lexblog in 2005 gregs input on design and idea implementation has been a major factor in helping the company succeed. no wonder high......
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edward stills political blog votelaw started back in mid2002 is one of the oldest law blogs around. fitting then that we feature its author for todays lexblog q a . ed is an alabamabased attorney who focuses his practice on employment law election law mediation. he has been a law professor since 1995 his most recent educational stint which began in 2005 pl......
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