Fish v. Kobach’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Richman and a graduate student assistant went through the suspense list and determined which names were, in their view, foreign. Neither Dr. Richman nor his assistant had any experience in identifying so-called foreign names. By his own admission, their determinations were subjective and based primarily on whether the name was 'anglophone,' meaning originating in the British Isles. Dr. Richman also testified that their work was performed quickly, and that they made many mistakes along the way. A review of their coding revealed inconsistencies; for example, of five individuals with the last name of 'Lopez,' two were coded as foreign and three were coded as non-foreign. On cross examination, Dr. Richman admitted that he would have coded Carlos Murguia, a United States District Judge sitting in this Court, as foreign.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Thomas v. Bryant

2. “pattern and practice ... of flaunting disclosure and discovery rules”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dunlap v. Presidential Advisory Comm'n on Election Integrity