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Ind. Decisions - More on: Petitions to transfer filed in the Indiana voter ID case
This will update this ILB entry from Oct. 20th, which included links to the dueling petitions to transfer filed re the Court of Appeals decision in League of Women Voters v. Todd Rokita, the voter ID case decided by the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 18, 2009 03:05 PM
Courts - Ky AG advises the Corrections Department not to follow a recent state Supreme Court ruling as he appeals it to SCOTUS [But see corrections below]
"State to appeal ruling limiting sex-offender law" is the headline to a story dated Oct. 29th in the Louisville Courier Journal. Andrew Wolfson reports:The Kentucky attorney general’s office has asked the state Supreme Court to delay enforcement of its Oct....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 31, 2009 08:33 AM
Ind. Decisions - Transfer granted in BMV / Social Security Administration records case
The ILB has received no official notice, but a reader sent this note late this afternoon:FYI, it's reported on the electronic docket that the Supreme Court yesterday granted transfer in Leone v. Comm'r, BMV, 906 N.E.2d 172 (Ct.App. 5/15/09), the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 30, 2009 06:20 PM
Ind. Decisions - Petitions to transfer filed in the Indiana voter ID case
Briefs have now been filed re the Court of Appeals decision in League of Women Voters v. Todd Rokita, the voter ID case decided on state constitutional grounds. Here is a list of earlier ILB entries in the case.Here is...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 20, 2009 09:13 AM
Ind. Decisions - A different take on the COA voter ID decision
The Court of Appeals Sept. 17th decision in League of Women Voters v. Todd Rokita has been the subject of a number of editorials and analyses. For instance, here is a quote from a NY Times story written the day...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 29, 2009 10:12 AM
Ind. Law - More on: Words matter, regardless of a legislator's, or legislature's, intent
Just yesterday the ILB posted this lengthy entry, detailing imprecise language in the voter ID law, the property tax caps, the seat belt law, the Aquasource law, the 2007 health insurance law, the budget bills, etc. Today Jennifer Tangeman of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 24, 2009 09:16 AM
Ind. Law - Words matter, regardless of a legislator's, or legislature's, intent
An important editorial today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:Controversy over two key state laws adopted in recent years serves as a reminder that the language in a given law is everything, regardless of the legislature’s intent. In the end,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 23, 2009 03:03 PM
Ind. Courts - Indianapolis Bar Ass'n weighs in on Governor's criticism of COA opinion and judge
The ILB has just received this statement of James H. Voyles, Jr., President of the Association:Judicial independence is the cornerstone of our democracy. The ability to have an unbiased, impartial judiciary determine the rights and remedies of aggrieved parties is...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 23, 2009 10:53 AM
Ind. Decisions - Still more on the COA voter ID decision
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 20th, more reaction. From the Evansville Courier & Press, this editorial today. Some quotes:Although this newspaper strongly supports Indiana's voter identification law, we find ourselves in agreement with the League of Women Voters that...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 22, 2009 10:26 AM
Ind. Decisions - More on: ISBA comments in connection with voter ID decision [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 18th, this one from earlier in the day on Sept. 18th, and this one from Sept. 17th that included initial reaction from the ILB and a reader, there are items today in several Indiana...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 20, 2009 10:01 AM
Ind. Decisions - ISBA comments in connection with voter ID decision [Updated]
The Indiana State Bar Association's just released statement on Gov. Daniels' comments in connection with the voter ID decision: On Thursday, Sept. 17, the Indiana Court of Appeals issued a ruling in Indiana League of Women Voters v. Rokita, the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 18, 2009 04:00 PM
Ind. Decisions - Re the question of when the voter ID decision is applicable
Re the proposition that the COA election ruling has no practical effect until it is certified, I asked Joel Schumm, IU-Indy law professor, who responded:The certification rule refers to action by the trial court in the particular case. For example,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 18, 2009 12:50 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on "Indiana officials ridiculed the decision and said it would be appealed to the state Supreme Court"
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday (that includes ILB comments), Niki Kelly's story today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette concludes:[Governor and Indiana attorney] Daniels called the decision transparently partisan and particularly went after Appeals Court Judge Patricia Riley, who...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 18, 2009 08:30 AM
Ind. Decisions - "Indiana officials ridiculed the decision and said it would be appealed to the state Supreme Court"; My thoughts [Updated]
Today's Court of Appeals decision in the case of League of Women Voters v. Todd Rokita, summarized earlier today in this ILB entry, is the subject of this NY Times story, reported by John Schwartz. From the story:An Indiana appellate...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 17, 2009 07:42 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on: "State's voter ID law faces challenge" again [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from June 20, 2008, which includes the original press release and complaint, today the Indiana Court of Appeals issued an opinion in the case of League of Women Voters v. Todd Rokita. By a 3-0 vote,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 17, 2009 10:29 AM
Ind. Decisions - "Federal court ruling would let city's adult shops run 24/7" [Updated]
That is the headline to Robert King's story today in the Indianapolis Star about the 7th Circuit's ruling Thursday in the case of Annex Books Inc, et al v. City of Indianapolis (see ILB 9/3/09 summary here). Quotes from today's...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 5, 2009 09:09 AM
Ind. Gov't. - Even more on: Governor Daniels eases, somewhat, new BMV license ID requirements [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, that concluded:Okay, this is confusing. If you don't provide the additional identification materials when you renew, you will get an Indiana driver's license that has stamped on it "not for federal identification" or "not...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 14, 2009 02:52 PM
Ind. Gov't. - "BMV headaches ahead"
On July 9 this ILB posted this story on new requirements for those obtaining or renewing their driver's licenses beginning Jan. 1, 2010. A lengthy editorial today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette points out just how onorous those requirements...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 15, 2009 06:41 AM
Ind. Law - Reactions to Governor's vetos of HEA 1348 and SEA 209 [Updated]
Supplementing this entry from earlier this afternoon, here are reactions to the Governor's two (so far) vetoes: SEA 209, which dealt with provisional ballots and voting centers. Recall these issues were the subject of much litigation last fall. Democratic election...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 12, 2009 06:16 PM
Courts - Two SCOTUS rulings on Indiana cases cited in recent decisions
"Psychotic Defendant, Though Competent to Stand Trial, Can't Be His Own Lawyer" is the headline to this story by Henry Gottlieb in the New Jersey Law Journal. Some quotes:Mentally ill criminal defendants who are found to be competent to stand...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 16, 2009 10:00 AM
Ind. Law - "Voter ID law confusion persists"
Margaret Fosmoe of the South Bend Tribune reports today:SOUTH BEND — Indiana mails postcards to each newly registered voter stating that an Indiana- or federal-issued valid photo identification is required to cast a ballot and providing other details about voting....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 7, 2008 09:45 AM
Ind. Law - "ACORN followed law on suspect voter registrations" [Updated]
A good story today by Tim Evans of the Indianapolis Star cuts through some of the election law confusion currently rampant. Some quotes from the lengthy story:ACORN, the liberal-leaning community activist group, followed the law when it notified authorities that...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 18, 2008 01:50 PM
Law - Voting Access In 10 Key States
NPR's Fresh Air had this story yesterday:A new report issued by the nonpartisan advocacy group Common Cause gauges the voting infrastructure in 10 swing states. The results? While Florida, Georgia and Virginia score poorly on voting administration, Ohio, a state...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 9, 2008 09:43 AM
Courts - Similarities between the 9th Circuit Immigration decision this week, and the Voter ID decision
One view: They were both failed facial challenges to statutes. Discussion of the 9th Circuit's ruling in Chicanos Por La Causa v. Napolitano is here, from yesterday morning. From the story quoted in the Yuma Sun:Still, the court noted that...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 19, 2008 02:04 PM
Ind. Law - "Wine-shipping rules still not settled"
I've been looking forward to the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette's Dan and Krista Stockman's take on the recent 7th Circuit ruling in Baude v. Heath. It does not disappoint. Read it here. Here is a "taste", in the section about...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 23, 2008 12:08 PM
Courts - "Are Facial Challenges Going the Way of the Dodo?" Indiana voter ID ruling cited
So asked Ashby Jones in the WSJ Law Blog yesterday. The entry quotes from Marcia Coyle's August 8th review of the court term in the National Law Journal. Among the "trends" Coyle points out to track:The broadest of constitutional attacks,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 9, 2008 08:13 AM
Ind. Courts - 7th Circuit's use of Wikipedia in Home Depot case cited as "troubling"
Law prof Eugene Volokh of the widely-read Volokh Conspiracy writes today about the 7th Circuit's decision July 28th in Rickher v. Home Depot, Inc. Some quotes from Volokh:Courts have cited Wikipedia over 300 times, and many of those cites are...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 30, 2008 01:38 PM
Ind. Courts - "State's voter ID law faces challenge" again
The Indianapolis Star has posted a brief, unsigned story reporting that:A former City-County Council member and former Democratic party attorney will announce this afternoon the filing of a fresh challenge of the law requiring voters to show a photo...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 20, 2008 01:56 PM
Courts - "Supreme Court is rejecting broad legal challenges"
A must read analysis today of several recent Supreme Court rulings, by David G. Savage of the Los Angeles Times, deals with facial challenges and narrowly drafted opinions. A few quotes:The Supreme Court's recent rulings upholding Indiana's voter ID law...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 30, 2008 06:51 PM
Ind. Law - Is ACLU-Indiana on a losing streak?
Ken Kusmer of the AP uses the ACLU-Indiana loss Tuesday before the SCOTUS in the voter ID case to explore the question -- is the local ACLU on a losing streak? Some quotes:The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 30, 2008 08:32 AM
Courts - Still more on: Supreme Court rejects voter ID law challenge
New or expanded stories today in the Indiana voter ID ruling yesterday by the Supreme Court. Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the LCJ reports here. The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette's Sylvia Smith's story has been expanded and appears here. Tony Mauro...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 29, 2008 08:52 AM
Courts - More on: Supreme Court rejects voter ID law challenge
Maureen Groppe of the Indianapolis Star Washington Bureau has this coverage of today's voter ID decision. Sylvia Smith, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette's Washington editor, has this report. David Stout of the NY Times has this article this afternoon. Robert...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 28, 2008 04:14 PM
Courts - Supreme Court rejects voter ID law challenge [Updated]
See the writeup by Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBlog here. Some quotes:The Supreme Court, voting 6-3, on Monday rejected a constitutional challenge to Indiana’s law requiring voters to show a photo ID before they may cast a ballot. Three Justices said...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 28, 2008 10:41 AM
Ind. Decisions - More on: Indiana photo-ID decision coming tomorrow?
Updating this ILB entry from Monday, the blog, Ballot Access News, edited by Richard Winger, reports today: No U.S. Supreme Court Election Law Decision on April 23: Although the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion on April 23 in a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 23, 2008 01:39 PM
Ind. Gov't. - Heightened interest in Indiana primary has its downsides
So writes Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Washington-based political columnist Sylvia A. Smith today. One example:Clinton’s performance Tuesday means the Democratic Party will not have a nominee before the August convention, and that means Indiana will get the TV ads, the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 9, 2008 12:49 PM
Ind. Gov't. - "State lax in curbing homestead-credit abuse"
Benjamin Lanka of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a long and comprehensive article today on problems with preventing abuse of the homestead exemption. A few quotes:Indiana’s homestead credit lowers homeowners’ tax bills in an effort to keep them from...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 17, 2008 08:32 AM
Courts - Two fascinating audio/video pieces
Two fascinating audio/video pieces, mentioned by Howard Bashman of How Appealing during the past week. First, if you don't have but a few minutes, listen to this NPR story, from the 2/8 All Things Considered, headed "W.Va. Judges Asked to...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 11, 2008 04:11 PM
Ind. Decisions - "Is voter fraud or politics the issue" in the voter ID case?
"Is voter fraud or politics the issue?" is the headline today to a commentary piece by Sylvia A. Smith, Washington editor of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette that concludes:Is the right to vote such a cornerstone of U.S. democracy that...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 13, 2008 12:46 PM
Ind. Decisions - "Justices seem hesitant to toss Indiana's voter ID law"
That is the headline to this long story today by Indianapolis Star Washington editor Maureen Groppe. It begins:WASHINGTON -- Some Supreme Court justices questioned Wednesday whether Indiana could fashion a voter identification law that would help prevent fraud but be...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 10, 2008 03:29 PM
Ind. Decisions - More today on the voter ID case
NPR's Diane Rehm Show this morning devoted an hour to "Voter ID Requirements and the Voting Process." The description:The Supreme Court hears arguments for and against an Indiana law requiring voters to show a photo ID at the polls. We...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 9, 2008 01:03 PM
Ind. Decisions - Even more on Indiana voter ID oral argument
This is the day that Crawford v. Marion County Election Bd. will be argued before the Supreme Court of the United States. Here are some additional resources: SCOTUSBlog has a wiki with information and links to probably everything you ever...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 9, 2008 06:27 AM
Ind. Decisions - Yet more on tomorrow's voter ID case
Professor Rick Hasen of Election Law Blog and Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita debate the Crawford voter ID case....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 8, 2008 04:00 PM
Ind. Decisions - "Our view on improving elections: Photo ID to vote? Only if all who are eligible can get one"
So writes USAToday in its editorial on the Indiana voter ID case before the SCOTUS tomorrow. Here is a sample:At first blush, requiring photo ID at the polls seems like a sensible way to deter fraud. The great majority of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 8, 2008 03:46 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on "High court to consider Indiana law on voter ID"
Updating Sunday's ILB entry, here are more previews of Wednesday's oral arguments in the Indiana voter ID case: Maureen Groppe of the Indianapolis Star Washington Bureau reports - "Voter ID law going before high court" Ian Urbina of the NY...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 7, 2008 01:47 PM
Ind. Decisions - "High court to consider Indiana law on voter ID"
Sylvia A. Smith, Washington editor of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, writes today on the voter ID law challenge, to be heard Wednesday, January 9th in oral arguments before the Supreme Court of the United States. Some quotes:The Supreme Court...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 6, 2008 10:50 AM
Courts - "Fledgling Kentucky public defender takes case to highest court"
Not only the Indiana voter ID cases, but the Kentucky lethal injection case (see Sept. 28th ILB entry here) will be heard by the SCOTUS next week. Lethal injections will be Monday, Jan. 7th, voter ID will be Wed., Jan....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 2, 2008 11:58 AM
Ind. Courts - Another mayorial election contest? It seems so
The Muncie Star-Press reports today, in a story by Douglas Walker, that "It's not over." Some quotes:Democratic mayoral nominee James Mansfield announced late Thursday afternoon he was filing a petition seeking a "special election" in Muncie's Precinct 46, where a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 28, 2007 11:19 AM
Ind. Decisions - Voter ID to be argued Wed., Jan. 9th
The Washington Post today has a good overview of the "Partisan Fissures Over Voter ID". Robert Barnes writes in a lengthy report:The Supreme Court will open the new year with its most politically divisive case since Bush v. Gore decided...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 25, 2007 08:58 AM
Ind. Decisions - "Briefing complete in Indiana voter id case"
Prof. Rick Hasen of Election Law Blog has sent a note headed "Briefing complete in Indiana voter id case," plus a pointer to this entry, reminding us that the oral argument is January 9, 2008. Check this Nov. 14th ILB...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 21, 2007 02:15 PM
Ind. Decisions - Voter ID - What's at Stake?
PENNumbra, "A project of the University of Penneslyvania uniting the public and the legal acadamy," presents this 21-page debate between two law profs on Crawford v. Marion County Election Board. Here is the summary:Professor Smith finds no reason for the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 30, 2007 05:07 PM
Ind. Law - How well does the provisional ballot work in real life?
The Kokomo Tribune column "Public Eye" by Scott Smith and Ken de la Bastide, has this item, of interest particularly in light of some of the close mayoral races . . . and the Voter ID provisional ballot "solution." The...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 18, 2007 04:03 PM
Ind. Decisions - Date now set for voter ID oral arguments before the SCOTUS
See "January arguments, day by day" at the SCOTUSBlog....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 16, 2007 12:35 PM
Ind. Decisions - Still more on: Merits briefs due today in Indiana voter ID cases
Updating this ILB entry, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law (see more about the Brennan Center here) has set up a special web page on the Indiana voter ID cases, stating:The Indiana voter ID case is...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 14, 2007 04:01 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on: Merits briefs due today in Indiana voter ID cases
Those following the voter ID case will not want to miss the amicus brief filed today by Rick Hasen of the Election Law Blog. Read his accompanying blog entry here....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 8, 2007 07:26 PM
Ind. Decisions - Merits briefs due today in Indiana voter ID cases [Updated]
Per SCOTUSBlog.com, Petitioners’ briefs are due Monday (today) in Crawford v. Marion City Election Board (07-21) and Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita (07-25), the voter identification cases. Check the SCOTUS WIKI page for briefs and documents, when filed. [Updated] See...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 5, 2007 01:08 PM
Courts - More on: Outcome of Indiana cert petitions to SCOTUS
In this ILB entry from Sept. 25, and this ILB entry from Sept. 22, background was given on three 7th Circuit opinions in Indiana cases that were on the list of cases to be considered for cert at the conference...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 2, 2007 04:55 PM
Courts - "A guide to key cases on the Supreme Court's 2007-2008 docket"
From the Washington Post, a very nice "A guide to key cases on the Supreme Court's 2007-2008 docket" that begins with the Indiana voter ID case....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 1, 2007 02:15 PM
Courts - More on Indiana Voter ID Law goes to Supreme Court [Updated]
The Evansville Courier & Press today editorializes in favor of upholding Indiana's voter ID law, concluding:Passing this law was more about political posturing than integrity of the ballot box. To the extent that voter fraud exists in Indiana, it's more...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 30, 2007 11:14 AM
Courts - More on Indiana Voter ID Law goes to Supreme Court
Daniel P. Tokaji, a law professor at Ohio State University, where he teaches election law, has an Op-Ed piece today in the LA Times. It begins:The U.S. Supreme Court announced this week that it would hear a challenge to an...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 28, 2007 08:46 AM
Courts - Still more on: Outcome of Indiana cert petitions to SCOTUS - voter ID review gets nod
Stories today on the Indiana voter ID case: "High court takes case on voter ID in Indiana: Ruling on state law may affect elections across the U.S." reported by Rob Schneider of the Indianapolis Star. "Justices to consider voter IDs:...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 26, 2007 05:52 AM
Courts - More on: Outcome of Indiana cert petitions to SCOTUS - voter ID review gets nod
Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, Reuters has this report this afternoon. Lyle Denniston of SCOTUS Blog has an entry titled "Analysis: An election issue for an election year," here. A quote:The Justices will be deciding on the constitutionality...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 25, 2007 03:09 PM
Courts - Outcome of Indiana cert petitions to SCOTUS [Updated]
A pair of Indiana voter ID cases on the order list were granted cert: 07-21 ) CRAWFORD, WILLIAM, ET AL. V. MARION CTY. ELECTION BD., ET AL. ) 07-25 ) IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY, ET AL. V. ROKITA, IN SEC. OF...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 25, 2007 10:08 AM
Courts - Outcome of Indiana cert petitions to SCOTUS
The SCOTUS Blog reports this morning:The Court is scheduled to release orders at 10 a.m. Eastern of cases granted at yesterday's conference. We will provide coverage as soon as the list becomes available.Three Indiana cases on the list were discussed...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 25, 2007 09:10 AM
Courts - More on: Indiana cert petitions to SCOTUS to be considered Sept. 24th
Updating this ILB entry from Saturday, which listed three Indiana-based cases eligible for cert grant at the SCOTUS conference today, including Indiana's voter ID case, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, Adam Littak has a timely column today in the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 24, 2007 05:15 AM
Courts - Indiana cert petitions to SCOTUS to be considered Sept. 24th
According to SCOTUS Blog, among the cert petitions more likely to be granted on Monday, Sept. 24th is the case of Gilles v. Blanchard, et al. (06-1617), a case involving religious speech on a public university campus. The university is...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 22, 2007 12:14 PM
Ind. Decisions - Yet more on: Appeal of Indiana voter ID case to U.S. Supreme Court
Richard L. Hasen, professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, and editor of the Election Law Blog, has an oped today in the Washington Post on the Indiana voter ID case (Crawford v. Marion County Election Board) pending a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 19, 2007 09:17 AM
Ind. Decisions - Continuing coverage of the appeal of Indiana voter ID case to U.S. Supreme Court
Richard Winger's Ballot Access News reports: The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Indiana Democratic Party v Rokita, 07-25, at its September 24 conference. This is the case challenging the Indiana law that requires voters at the polls...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 31, 2007 06:45 AM
Ind. Decisions - Still more coverage of the appeal of Indiana voter ID case to U.S. Supreme Court
Updating this entry from August 10th, more briefs have been filed in the voter ID cert petition to the SCOTUS - Crawford v. Marion County Election Board. See the Election Law Blog's Rick Hasen's links to the briefs and his...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 22, 2007 04:58 PM
Ind. Decisions - More coverage of the appeal of Indiana voter ID case to U.S. Supreme Court
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette's Washington reporter, Sylvia A. Smith, who reported June 30th on the cert petitions filed in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, reports today on the State of Indiana's response. Some quotes from today's story:WASHINGTON –...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 10, 2007 08:35 AM
Ind. Decisions - Still more on: Appeal of Indiana voter ID case to U.S. Supreme Court
The State of Indiana has filed its response to the cert petition filed July 2nd in the Indiana voter ID case (Crawford v. Marion County Election Board). Richard Winger of Ballot Access News has made it available here. Thanks to...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 7, 2007 06:45 PM
Law - More on: Dormant Michigan voter ID law may now be enforced
Updating this ILB entry from July 19th on the ruling of the Michigan Supreme Court, which ended with a reminder from the ILB that the Indiana cert petition in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board is pending before the U.S....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 20, 2007 03:00 PM
Law - Dormant Michigan voter ID law may now be enforced
From the Detroit Free Press:Michiganders soon might have to show photo identification to vote, under a divided Michigan Supreme Court which endorsed a never-enforced 1996 law and reignited a contentious debate today. Democrats and the Detroit NAACP strongly denounced the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 19, 2007 10:24 AM
Ind. Decisions - Even more on: Appeal of Indiana voter ID case to Supreme Court anticipated
Updating this ILB entry from June 30th, on the upcoming filing of a cert petition in the Indiana voter ID case (Crawford v. Marion County Election Board), Prof. Rick Hasen of the Election Law blog has now posted the cert...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 2, 2007 03:14 PM
Ind. Decisions - Still more on: Appeal of Indiana voter ID case to Supreme Court anticipated
On May 16th the ILB reported:The ILB has just learned that the ACLU-represented plaintiffs and the Indiana Democratic Party have each made final decisions to file separate but complementary cert petitions in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board. The petitions...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 30, 2007 11:11 AM
Law - Cert petitions to be filed re 7th Circuit voter ID decision [Updated]
The ILB has just learned that the ACLU-represented plaintiffs and the Indiana Democratic Party have each made final decisions to file separate but complementary cert petitions in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board. The petitions are currently due July 5....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 16, 2007 05:46 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on: Potential appeal of Indiana voter ID case to Supreme Court anticipated
As the ILB wrote on May 2nd, "The papers have been full of stories about pressure being put on U.S. attorneys nation-wide to dig out and prosecute examples of voter fraud." Today the Washington Post has a story reporting:The behind-the-scenes...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 14, 2007 12:32 PM
Ind. Decisions - Potential appeal of Indiana voter ID case to Supreme Court anticipated
Judge Sara Evans Barker upheld the Indiana voter ID law a year ago -- see this April 15, 2006 ILB entry. Here are some quotes from the Indianapolis Star story at the time:On Friday, U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 2, 2007 04:42 PM
Ind. Decisions - Yet more on possible appeal of Indiana voter ID case to Supreme Court
Updating this ILB entry from April 11th, Prof. Rick Hasen of Election Law Blog has a roundup today on the subjects of "Voter Fraud/EAC/US Attorneys/Indiana Voter I.D. Case", including this discussion:Meanwhile, as we await the decision of the plaintiffs in...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 16, 2007 12:17 PM
Ind. Law - Election outcome in Grant County Council race turns on a provisional ballot
A provisional ballot, cast by an indigent voter who did not have the requisite voter ID, turned out to be the deciding vote for the District 2 spot on the Grant County Council, in the election held Nov. 7, 2006....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 14, 2007 02:06 PM
Law - More on voter fraud and voter identification
In this ILB entry yesterday I quoted from a NY Times story reporting that "A federal panel responsible for conducting election research played down the findings of experts who concluded last year that there was little voter fraud around the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 12, 2007 07:41 PM
Ind. Decisions - Still more on possible appeal of Indiana voter ID case to Supreme Court [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from last Friday, Rick Hasen of Election Law Blog had another post Monday on the 7th Circuit's failure to grant a petition for rehearing. He remarks further on his question: "In the face of little evidence...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 11, 2007 08:31 AM
Ind. Decisions - More on possible appeal of Indiana voter ID case to Supreme Court
Rick Hasen of Election Law Blog writes more today on the pros and cons of appealing this particular voter ID case to the Supreme Court. He has a number of interesting links, and states he intends to examine some of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 6, 2007 04:37 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on: Voter ID decision featured in new law journal article
This March 29th ILB entry quoted from the summary of Prof Rick Hasen's new law journal article, The Untimely Death of Bush V. Gore, where "Part III concludes with an examination of Judge Posner's troubling Seventh Circuit opinion in Crawford...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 5, 2007 09:17 PM
Ind. Decision - 7th Circuit denies en banc review of Voter ID decision
In Crawford, William v. Rokita, Todd, a 7-4 ruling, the Order reads:On January 17, 2007, plaintiffs-appellants filed a petition for rehearing with suggestion for rehearing en banc, and on February 6, 2007, defendants-appellees filed an answer to the petition....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 5, 2007 12:06 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on: Voter ID decision featured in new law journal article
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an editorial this morning calling for an en banc 7th Circuit review of its three-judge panel decision upholding the Indiana voter ID law. The editorial draws its reasoning from the conclusion of Prof. Rick...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 2, 2007 07:44 AM
Ind. Decisions - Voter ID decision featured in new law journal article
Prof. Rick Hasen of Election Law Blog has a new law journal article, The Untimely Death of Bush V. Gore, posted on SSRN. Access the 40-page article, and read an extended summary, here. The concluding paragraph of the summary reads:Part...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 29, 2007 03:38 PM
Law - No court consensus on voter ID laws
USA Today has a story by Joan Biskupic on voter ID laws, including a nice map showing the status of each state. Some quotes from the story:Voter identification laws, adopted by states in recent years amid concerns about fraud, are...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 24, 2007 09:07 AM
Ind. Decisions - More on 7th Circuit's decision upholdng Indiana voter ID law
The Terre Haute Trib-Star has a strong editorial today titled "Will state ever admit to voter ID law’s real intent?" Some quotes:Disappointed but not surprised. That pretty much sums up our reaction to the ruling this past week by the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 14, 2007 10:09 AM
Ind. Decisions - Still more on the voter ID ruling by the 7th Circuit
Law prof. Rick Hasen of the Election Law Blog had an entry yesterday headed "Initial Thoughts on the Seventh Circuit Indiana Voter Identification Decision." He starts with:I just want to throw out a few initial reflections here that I don't...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 6, 2007 02:51 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on the voter ID ruling by the 7th Circuit
Theodore Kim of the Indianapolis Star has this story today. Some quotes:A federal appeals court on Thursday found little evidence that Indiana's photo ID law has posed a problem for voters at the polls, a decision that could help shape...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 5, 2007 10:58 AM
Ind. Decisions - Two from 7th Circuit, including voter ID
In Crawford, William v. Rokita, Todd (SD Ind., Judge Barker), a 2-1, 15-page opinion, the 7th Circuit upholds Indiana's voter ID law. Judge Posner writes: Perhaps the Indiana law can be improved—what can’t be?—but the details for regulating elections must...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 4, 2007 01:35 PM
Law - U.S. Supreme Court, in a surprise move, reverses 9th Circuit order barring the Arizona voter ID law [Updated]
Prof. Rick Hasen's Election Law Blog entry begins:The opinion is here. The state asked for a stay from Justice Kennedy, but he referred it to the entire Court, which treated the motion as a petitionfor cert. The Court unanimously reversed...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 20, 2006 04:34 PM
Law - 7th Circuit hears Indiana voter ID case
Today the 7th Circuit heard oral arguments in the Indiana voter ID case (for background, start with this ILB entry from yesterday). The Election Law Blog has a good report based on a review of the oral argument (here is...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 18, 2006 05:35 PM
Law - 7th Circuit hears Indiana voter ID case tomorrow
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, which covered the Missouri Supreme Court decision striking down their voter ID law and noted that Wednesday would be the oral arguments in Chicago, before the 7th Circuit, in the appeal of Federal District Judge Sarah...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 17, 2006 06:43 PM
Law - Missouri Supreme Court strikes down voter ID law
Kelly Wiese of the AP is reporting:JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri Supreme Court struck down the state's new voter identification law Monday that would have required voters to show a photo ID card at the polls starting this...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 16, 2006 04:41 PM
Law - National look at voter ID
Also on the front page of the NY Times today is a story by Joyce Purnick headed "Stricter Voting Laws Carve Latest Partisan Divide." A quote:The new measures include tighter controls over absentee balloting and stronger registration rules. The most...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 26, 2006 11:04 AM
Law - Arizona Voter ID Law Upheld by District Court
This AP story in today's Washington Post reports:PHOENIX, Sept. 11 -- A federal judge declined Monday to block a law that requires Arizona voters to present identification before casting a ballot. U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silver's order came a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 12, 2006 09:15 AM
Law - "Missouri Voter ID Law Faces Legal Challenges"
"Missouri Voter ID Law Faces Legal Challenges" was the title to an NPR story this morning:Morning Edition, August 28, 2006 · Missouri's new voter identification law is now in effect. It requires citizens to show a state-issued photo ID before...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 28, 2006 09:02 AM
Ind. Decisions - Oral arguments scheduled by 7th Circuit in voter ID case
Oral arguments will be held on Wed., Oct. 18th at 9:30 a.m. before the 7th Circuit in the appeal from federal district Judge Sarah Evans Barker's decision in the Indiana voter ID challenge, Crawford v. Rokita. A reader notes that...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 17, 2006 09:58 AM
Law - Critics of voter IDs get boost
"Georgia judge rules law similar to Ohio's is discriminatory, unconstitutional" is the headline to a story today in the Akron Ohio Beacon Journal. Some quotes:COLUMBUS - The efforts of Ohio Democrats to prevent a voter identification requirement at the polls...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 14, 2006 08:00 AM
Ind. Decisions - More on: Federal court upholds voter ID law
Updating this ILB entry from Saturday on Judge Barker upholding the state votr ID law, Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today:The Indiana Democratic Party said yesterday it will appeal a federal judge's decision upholding the state's...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 18, 2006 08:51 AM
Ind. Decisions - Federal court upholds voter ID law [Updated]
"Law upheld: Voters need photo ID - Federal judge says plaintiffs failed to demonstrate hardship" is the headline to a front-page story by Richard D. Walton this morning in the Indianapolis Star. The 127-page opinion by federal (SD Ind.) Judge...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 15, 2006 07:03 AM
Ind. Courts - Judicial Elections and Free Speech
The current (February) issue of the Harvard Law Review features "Developments in the Law - Voting and Democracy." See the cover/contents here. All the articles look interesting. Those most pertinent to Indiana right now might be:Judicial Elections and Free Speech...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 27, 2006 05:18 PM
Ind. Courts - More on: Update on the status of the Indiana voter photo-ID law challenge
This ILB entry from yesterday leads you to all the filings in the pending federal case of Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita. Today Charles Wilson of the AP has this story, as published by the Louisville Courier Journal. Some quotes:INDIANAPOLIS...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 22, 2005 08:09 AM
Law - 11th Circuit upholds injunction barring Georgia from enforcing voter ID law
The Washington Post reports today:In a case that some have called a showdown over voting rights, a U.S. appeals court yesterday upheld an injunction barring the state of Georgia from enforcing a law requiring citizens to get government-issued photo identification...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 28, 2005 11:29 AM
Ind. Gov't. - License branches to be open this Monday, Nov. 7th, although it is an election "off-year"
A story by Niki Kelly in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette today reports:License branches around the state will be open Nov. 7 – a day when they are usually closed – because of just three small municipal elections the next...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 27, 2005 06:58 AM
Ind. Law - A look at the Georgia voter ID decision
Jim Stinson of the Gary Post-Tribune takes a look today at the impact on Indiana of the Georgia federal district court decision throwing out the Georgia voter ID law. Some quotes:Supporters of a new state law requiring photo identification at...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 23, 2005 07:37 AM
Law - "Judge halts Georgia voter ID law"
A report about this decision this morning, in Ed Feigenbaum's Indiana Daily Insight, sent me looking for more. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes:Three weeks before municipal elections will be held statewide, a federal judge has suspended Georgia's new voter ID requirement...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 19, 2005 08:46 AM
Ind. Law - ICLU plans suit to derail voter-ID law
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette is reporting today, in a story headlined "ICLU plans suit to derail voter-ID law," that:The Indiana Civil Liberties Union plans to challenge a new law requiring all Indiana residents to show a government- issued picture...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 28, 2005 07:48 AM
Ind. Law - Board questions need for voter ID
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a story today by Bennjamin Lanka that begins:The Allen County Election Board on Friday recommended the Indiana General Assembly wait a year before voting on requiring photo identification at polling places so the issue...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 5, 2005 11:24 AM