What does the Supreme Court Voting Rights Act decision mean we should do now? Of all the calls on Congress to “cure” Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act before the Supreme Court kills the law altogether in the next case, none is stranger than the suggestion that Congress should “update” the “coverage formula.” A New Page for Voting: It's Time to Ditch Paper-Based Registration For two years, we were on opposite sides of a historic election, serving as general counsels to the Obama and McCain presidential campaigns. Our experiences led us to an inescapable conclusion: Bringing our voter registration system into the 21st century must be the priority for improving the election process. A Victory for Judicial Integrity from High Court Today’s decision of the Supreme Court in Caperton v. Massey is a welcome result for anyone interested in ensuring the fairness and integrity of the judicial decision-making process. After all, as the Court noted in its opinion, the facts are extreme: a judge receives the benefit of approximately $3 million in campaign expenditures from the CEO of a corporation facing a $50 million damages verdict in a pending lawsuit and then casts the deciding vote in favor of the corporation, overturning that jury award. Legal Center Files Amicus Brief in Washington State Disclosure Case The Campaign Legal Center yesterday filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Human Life of Washington, Inc. (HLW) v. Brumsickle. HLW challenges on constitutional grounds several components of the State of Washington’s political committee disclosure regime, including the State’s definitions of “political committee,” “independent expenditure,” and “political advertising.” Why Is the FEC Withholding Documents From the Public in Violation of Its Own Regulations and Policy Statement? Yesterday, the CLC sent two letters to the FEC concerning the Commission’s refusal to disclose documents pertaining to closed enforcement actions—documents that the FEC’s regulations and “Statement of Policy Regarding Disclosure of Closed Enforcement and Related Files” require the Commission to make public. Not only does the Commission’s withholding of these documents violate its own regulations and written policy, but also flies in the face of a commitment issued by President Obama on his first day in office to an “unprecedented level of openness in Government.” 
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