Here’s the press release from the Manhattan DA’s office, along with the indictment itself and the accompanying statement of facts.
The indictment is for 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. The statement of facts alleges… Continue reading
Pick your favorite broadcaster or publication, and they’ve got an explainer on the arraignment today. Including one that promises “all your questions answered.” Which is a bold claim given that the indictment itself hasn’t yet been unsealed.
The NYT traces the claims that Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is “Soros-backed.” Though you have to get through more than half of the piece before you actually find the connection:
Mr. Soros’s involvement with Mr. Bragg’s election is indirect. In… Continue reading
I’ve chronicled how the 2015 “Cromnibus” bill appears to have contributed to a sharp increase in spending on election litigation. The bill allowed additional contributions to “election recounts and contests and other legal proceedings,” above and beyond individual candidate campaign… Continue reading
The Amorphophallus Titanum – the one with the flower that smells like rotting meat – is apparently set to display its 24-hour blossom in NYC this week.
Pundits, just when you thought you were running thin on metaphoric ledes for… Continue reading
Context from the WaPo.
More context: keep in mind that nobody other than the grand jury and the DA’s office has actually seen the charges in the Trump case yet.
In my first academic article, I noted that the Citizens United case seemed to have taken on the perceived sins of a whole line of campaign finance jurisprudence — and more broadly, democratic discontent. That is, it sometimes seemed… Continue reading
Lindsey Stewart at Morningstar has this post at the HLS Forum on Corporate Governance, linking to this full report. Both have some intriguing data on the way that the different mega-asset managers have been voting recently on shareholder resolutions… Continue reading
Breaking NYT:
A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Donald J. Trump on Thursday for his role in paying hush money to a porn star, according to four people with knowledge of the matter, a historic development that will… Continue reading
Arizona Republic:
A new state law that requires disclosure of major anonymous campaign contributors is facing another legal challenge.
The lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court, comes as the voter-approved Proposition 211 was already challenged in Arizona courts.
Americans for… Continue reading
NYT:
As conservatives in Wisconsin seek to maintain control of the State Supreme Court in an all-important election for a crucial swing seat, they would appear to be fighting uphill.
The conservative candidate, Daniel Kelly, is trailing in limited private… Continue reading
Judge Graber, joined by Judges Gould and Watford, in No on E, San Franciscans Opposing the Affordable Housing Production Act v. Chiu, in a Ninth Circuit opinion released today (highlights with some revisions below–there’s lots more in the opinion but… Continue reading