Nevada Senate Maj. Leader Kelvin Atkinson resigned yesterday, “announcing he would be pleading guilty to federal charges of misappropriation of campaign funds for personal use and taking ‘full responsibility’ for his actions.” The resignation letter is here. There… Continue reading
On February 22, Rick noted that a North Carolina state
trial court had voided a constitutional amendment pertaining to voter ID,
because the amendment had been put on the ballot by a legislature elected
pursuant to an unconstitutionalgerrymander. … Continue reading
There’s been ongoinglitigation
over the legality of Wisconsin’s voter ID rule (and other changes to Wisconsin election
law). And by “ongoing,” I mean largely “in
stasis”: opinions from the trial court were issued in July 2016 (and partially
stayed… Continue reading
The reporting
continues with respect to employees in the Kentucky Secretary of State’s
office, looking up names in the voter registration rolls, potentially to assess
political affiliation. The SOS’s office
claims that “all searches were performed at the request of… Continue reading
Three new white papers on California’s top-two primary out of the USC Schwarzenegger Institute, by Charles Munger, Jr., a financial and political backer of the top-two system.
As Dan mentioned, I’ll be the one drinking from the fire hose through the 9th (with, as always, renewed appreciation for how Rick manages to do this every single day).
Please send tidbits (and complaints) to me.
Justin here. I’ve got a new post up at the Take Care blog, on a filing last week from DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. It’s a reversal of position, signed by a political appointee rather than career staff, of a request… Continue reading
Hi, all. Justin here.
On Tuesday, voters in Colorado, Michigan, and maybe Utah (it’s still too close to call) approved ballot initatives changing the process for drawing state legislative and congressional lines, and voters in Missouri approved an initiative changing… Continue reading
A Ninth Circuit panel today unanimously reversed a lower court decision barring California’s collection of IRS Form 990 Schedule B, which lists the top contributors to 501c3 organizations. This was an as-applied claim by the Americans for Prosperity Foundation and… Continue reading
The Sixth Circuit reversed a denial of a motion to dismiss, tossing an incitement claim based on then-Candidate Trump’s exhortation at a rally to “Get ’em out of here.”