Day: July 13, 2009

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Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 13, 2009
Categories In Meta

Citizens United Editorial

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 13, 2009
Categories In Const Law Issues, Courts & Cases

The Post’s E.J. Dionne Jr. discusses Citizens United in his column this morning. If you wonder what judicial activism looks like, consider one of the court’s final moves in its spring term. The justices had before them a simple case, involving a group called Citizens United, that could have been disposed of on narrow grounds. […]

North Carolina Board of Elections Update

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 13, 2009
Categories In North Carolina

Larry Leake was reappointed to the North Carolina State Board of Elections, according to this report. Leake, in his official capacity, was one of the defendants in North Carolina Right to Life v. Leake, et al. In [holding that the provisions in question violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments], we recognize that the law of […]