Re: Call Your Representative: They're Probably Lonely

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We were supposed to get to Bush v. Gore in class today, but instead we're doing a couple of precursor cases on Federal Courts offering ex post remedies to state vote counting procedures. If we had done Bush v. Gore, I'd probably have something to say in this thread.

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Fed Courts, or Law of Democracy?

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IIRC, the Help America Vote Act is a well-intentioned but unfunded mandate that the states mostly hate, along the lines of NCLB.

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The second, saving fed courts for next year.

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Loved that class. (Fed Courts, on the other hand, merely puzzled me.)

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Would someone please make a joke about Michael Fitzpatrick's incredibly gay name?

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I feel humorless here, but what's funny about Michael Fitzpatrick? Just too Irish for words, or what?

And is that you, Labs, or someone else who shares your initials?

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No offense, but anyone with the last name "McCrevis" should not be casting the first stone as far as funny names are concerned.

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MAE is pwned!

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7: Michael Fits Patrick.

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That was fun to watch.

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Now I understand everything.

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[redacted]

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My turn to play the straight man, I guess.

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My turn to play the straight man

At the Mineshaft. It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it.

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LB, I know we talked about this aleady, possibly on my blog (though I couldn't find it), but you had Law of Dem with Pildes, right? I have it with Isacharoff, who has been great.

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That's right. Ischaroff covered one class for us, and I was very impressed. That is, he was as substantively interesting as Pildes was on the material, which was very, and much less tense. Pildes had kind of a testy Felix Unger thing going on.

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This isn't a law school class I recognise by name, "Law of Democracy." What's it cover? What do you read?

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Law of Voting and Elections would be another possible name. The cases leading up to 'One man, one vote', civil rights voting law from the reconstruction up through the VRA... that sort of thing. It was fascinating. Pildes and Isscharoff, the two profs we've been discussing, wrote a casebook collecting the relevant materials.

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I would appreciate it if people would stop saying things that make me want to go to law school.

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Hey, law school was great...

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That's my point. Law school sounds so interesting, but then I keep hearing about that whole "becoming a lawyer" side of things.

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wait, lb was an nyu law person, too?

oh lord.

well, hell, why not: fed cts = awesome. any class that gives me a reading where O'Connor waxes eleoquent about the need for clarity and the dangers of ad hockery is all right by me.

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eb:

problem solved!

though i can only hope he lectures on how to lose every major race you've ever worked on and spouting transparent populist tripe:

The NYU Law Democrats welcome

Bob Shrum

"Using your law degree in

public service and politics"

Bob Shrum is one of the most sought-after campaign consultants for the Democratic Party.

Mr. Shrum was the principal campaign consultant to the John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, and is currently a senior fellow at the NYU Wagner School of Public Service.

Wednesday, February 8th

6:30 P.M.

(Wine and Cheese Reception will follow)

Furman Hall

Room 216

NYU Law School

245 Sullivan Street

New York, NY 10012

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nobody plays the straight man at the mineshaft.

(at the mineshaft [soviet russia] the straight man plays you).

law school was good.

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Yes law school was good. I treated it as more humane education, read and briefed the cases myself. All kinds of factual details stick with me; Palsgraf, of course, but lots and lots of others.

The cynical, efficient thing to do was study from Emmanuels and grub for work.

Never took a case in elections. I remember those cases from constitutional law if at all.

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Shrum probably won't be a bad speaker, but I'm not sure it solves eb's not wanting to be a lawyer problem. For instance, my class has the primary election lawyers for both the Democratic and Republican parties coming in to debate.

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