by Mandana Fatemi | Nov 28, 2018 | Amicus, Voting and Elections Rights
This year, a record number of Americans voted in the midterm elections, marking it the highest turnout rate for a midterm election since 1966. Still, there is more to be done to better ensure higher participation from the electorate. Democrats have announced that the...
by Megan Fitzgerald | Apr 8, 2016 | Amicus, Voting and Elections Rights
Voting has long been considered both a civil right and a civic duty. However, that principle has not prevented the disenfranchisement of millions of Americans throughout our history, and this disenfranchisement tends to disproportionately affect minorities. Even after...
by Jillian London | Apr 18, 2011 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Voting and Elections Rights
Dean of the law school at the University of California, Irvine, Erwin Cherminsky, and associate professor of law at Hofstra, James J. Sample, published an Op Ed piece in the New York Times yesterday arguing that the Supreme Court should limit campaign contributions in...
by Noah Kaplan | Apr 6, 2011 | Amicus, Labor and Employment, Voting and Elections Rights
Just weeks after Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin pushed through his plan to cut off the collective bargaining rights of state employees, Wisconsin voters went to the polls to elect a replacement for Governor Walker as the Milwaukee County Executive and a state...