Legal Commentary

Guest-Blogging on Election Law
I'll be guest-blogging on Rick Hasen's Election Law Blog this week. As I've done before, I'll cross-post any posts containing substantive analysis or commentary here.

Rounding up news on the Great Eldorado Polygamist Roundup
Just checking in to point readers to good newspaper and blog coverage of the Great Eldorado Polygamist Roundup:Fort Worth Star Telegram: Sect case hitting CPS employees in pocketbookSalt Lake Tribune: FLDS court fight heats upSalt Lake Tribune: Battle over FLDS kids gets roughHouston Chronicle: Lawyers cry foul in FLDS seizuresBy Common Consent: A brief apology for the LDS apologia regarding FLDSBeldar Blog: Beldar on Volokh on the Texas polygamy child custody caseThe Common Room: Updates and linksHave a happy Memorial Day folks...

GUEST BLOG: NFL and Market Power
Daniel Sokol and I are pleased to have the following guest blog from Steven Semeraro. Thanks for the contribution, Steven, and we look forward to future commentary. In American Needle, Inc...

Elephant Self-Recognition
Frans De Waal is guest blogging (or, at least, guest "q&a-ing") at the Freakonomics Blog. In addition to his interesting answers in general, he provides this link to an Emory website with photos, videos, and other links to his work...

Meta guest
So, as I undertake another guest stint at this fabulous blog, I wonder (aloud) about the motivations of serial guest blogging. Some guests (Rick Hills leaps first to mind, as does my colleague Jeff Harrison over at Moneylaw), by dint of voice and intellect, make an impression...

Spitzer exit negotiations
Who's holding them up unreasonably? Probably not the prosecutors' side, thinks Beldar....

Ballot Device
Election Systems and Software agrees to pays city of San Francisco $3.5 million settlement after problems with AutoMARK lead to prolonged hand counting of votes.