In Jim Bopp’s latest, a Washington federal court following Citizens United and SpeechNow.org struck down state contribution limits to a PAC planning expenditures on a ballot measure, and upheld the state’s disclosure law. Down the coast, a California federal court… Continue reading

Unions can spend money too.

Labor Day marks the unofficial start of the fall campaign season. Which means that every ten years, Labor Day ushers in the first frenzy of predictions about the fall campaigns’ impact on redistricting. The New York Times weighs in here… Continue reading

That’s the focus of the latest electionline Weekly.

As in the past, Brian Siebel blogs about this new report from the Fair Elections Legal Network.

Larry Lessig has the lead article in a forthcoming issue of the Boston Review devoted to Democracy After Citizens United. Should be a really interesting collection.

The AP lede on spending this cycle: “Turns out politics, for all its focus on the gloomy economy, is a recession-proof industry.” The news comes with a cocktail of proposed reform: Monica Youn sums up, Dan Smith presses the Fair… Continue reading

Correlation is not causation. But after Rick reported that Rick believed in instant-runoff voting, there was an explosion of IRV news and opinion and opinionated news. FairVote tracks some of the stories, from Florida to California, and crossing both… Continue reading

The N.Y. Times reports on the Justices’ increased tendency to hire clerks who have clerked for judges appointed by Presidents of the same political party. UPDATE: Jason Mazzone responds. As does Orin Kerr.

The Georgia Supreme Court hears the latest challenge. Briefs are available here, listed under the Sept. 7, 2pm sitting.

Stay tuned.

Actually, two suits, one of which has already been dismissed. UPDATE: Second case also dismissed.

This story looks toward the implementation of a law passed earlier this year.

The latest on this story.