Five states — Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, and Utah — already use automatic mail-in balloting systems. In 2016, California voters enacted the California Voter’s Choice Act, which allows counties to opt-in to a mail-in balloting system as the state gradually moves to an automatic mail-in balloting system. The most populous counties in California have opted-in … Read more
For you non-lawyers who have been listening to Supreme Court oral arguments over the past week, I hope it has been illuminating about the mystique of oral argument, and no, I don’t mean the unfortunate failure to mute a toilet flush during oral argument last week. That was a first for me as well. If … Read more
I actually cannot remember the last time we did this here on BlogForArizona: just leave an open thread for comments on a subject. We should probably make it more regular. This isn’t a subject for a monologue, it a subject for stories – your stories – tell us your story of this Mother’s Day in … Read more
Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog reported on Thursday, DOJ asks court to temporarily block release of secret Mueller grand jury materials: The Department of Justice came to the Supreme Court today, asking the justices to put on hold the disclosure of grand jury materials from the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who in March 2019 … Read more
Many have spoken of the Coronavirus pandemic as a war, even the President. I agree with that sentiment. As much as it galls me to agree with the President about anything, I’m man enough to admit when he’s right. Still, I think that many, especially the President, don’t really take to heart what being at … Read more