Thursday, June 11, 2009

Issue of the case

Going through the articles these past weeks, I have come to read that this case has
the conference has voted on this case being a tenative reversal. I think the opinion Justice White has circulated is basically acceptable, although I do have two concerns.

(quoted: http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:EBLkDN2qh20J:electionlawblog.org/archives/munro-blackmun.pdf+munro+v.+socialist+workers+party&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us)


There has been some "language" that Justice White has been showing throughout the case.
Some examples such as "on a showing of a modicum of voter support, or a significant modicum".
The the definition of "modicum" is "a small or moderate
amount or quantity, adding the word "significant" to that seems
slightly counter-intuitive.


( to be continued)

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