“Lobbyists Circumvent Disclosure Rules While Bundling For GOP Politicians”
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Category Archives: legislation and legislatures
“Senate’s Long Weekends May be First Filibuster Casualty”
“One-State/Two-Votes: Do Supermajority Senate Voting Rules Violate the Article V Guaranty of Equal State Suffrage?”
Burt Neuborne has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties). Here is the abstract:
Professor Neuborne argues that the modern filibuster functions as a de facto supermajority voting rule that violates the one… Continue reading
“Senate approves Patricia Millett for D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals”
Politico: “The Senate GOP plans to huddle on strategy in a post-nuclear option world on Tuesday at lunchtime.”
“Reid, Alexander Spar as ‘Nuclear’ Fallout Begins to Take Shape”
“ALEC has tremendous influence in state legislatures. Here’s why”
It’s not just ideology:
Another major factor was the legislative resources available to lawmakers: states where legislators had smaller budgets, convened for shorter lengths of time, and spent less time crafting policy were all more likely to enact ALEC model… Continue reading
“Why I was wrong about the nuclear option”
Congress: Setting Records for Smallest Number of Laws and for Unpopularity
“Statutory Interpretation from the Inside – An Empirical Study of Congressional Drafting, Delegation and the Canons: Part II”
Abbe Gluck and Lisa Schultz Bressman have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Stanford Law Review). This moves to the top of my statutory interpretation reading pile. Here is the abstract:
This is the second of two Articles relaying… Continue reading
“How much lobbying is there in Washington? It’s DOUBLE what you think”
Tom Daschle and Trent Lott WaPo Oped on Polarization and the Filibuster
“What the Filibuster Rule Changes, and What It Doesn’t”
NYT Room for Debate:
Maybe Now We’ll See Some Action
Gregory Koger, author, “Filibustering: A Political History of Obstruction in the House and Senate”
These ‘Reforms’ Are a Huge Mistake
Richard A. Arenberg, co-author, “Defending the Filibuster”
The Way … Continue reading