“Trump’s Problem Is How to Raise It, but Clinton’s Is How to Spend It”
CNBC on Clinton’s fortyfold cash advantage over Trump.
All posts by Dan Tokaji
A Convention Like No Other
“Hardly anybody wants to speak at Trump’s convention,” Politico report after speaking to 50 prominent Republicans.
Asian Pacific Americans and the VRA
NBC reports: “Three years after the Supreme Court invalidated part of the Voting Rights Act, voting rights advocates and some elected officials are concerned that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are among those increasingly threatened by voter discrimination.”
Congratulations Manoj Mate!
An update this year’s update: Whittier Law School has granted tenure to Manoj Mate.
Wang’s Partisan Gerrymandering Calculator
Check it out: Sam Wang has created this site (currently in beta) with online calculators for the statistical tests described in his recent article in Stanford Law Review.
Brennan Center Report on “Dark Money” in State Elections
The Brennan Center today issued a this report outside spending in six states, finding that “on average, only 29 percent of outside spending was fully transparent in 2014 in the states we examined, sharply down from 76 percent in 2006.” … Continue reading
A Modern-Day Poll Tax?
Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX) makes the argument regarding ID laws in Texas and other states.
“Records Reveal Little Advance Word to Officials on Voting-Rights Move”
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports on what documents from its state FOIA request reveal about the lead-up to Governor McAuliffe’s restoration of felons’ voting rights.
“Democrats Demand Action on Voting Rights Bill”
Is Brexit an Indictment of Direct Democracy?
“Donald Trump and R.N.C. See Common Foe: Rogue Delegates”
NYT reports that the Trump campaign and RNC “are employing hard-nosed tactics, warning delegates that attempting to undermine Donald J. Trump’s claim to the nomination violates party rules, and threatening to deny speaking slots to Republicans they deem disloyal for… Continue reading
National Constitution Center Hires Lyle Denniston as Full-Time Supreme Court Correspondent
A great move for NCC, especially given the following that Lyle’s outstanding work at SCOTUSblog has earned.
Hearing in Louisiana Republican Party’s Challenge to Soft Money Ban
Bloomberg BNA ($) has this story on yesterday’s hearing before a three-judge district court, including U.S. Circuit Judge Sri Srinivasan who was reportedly skeptical of the argument pressed by plaintiffs’ attorney Jim Bopp:
While the logic of the high court’s… Continue reading
“POLITICO Delegate Survey: Dump Trump Lacks the Votes”
No surprise in this survey of Republican rules committee members.