Harvard Law Prof Elhauge Files Amicus Brief Saying Ted Cruz Not Natural Born Citizen
The brief was filed in a NY case.
Category Archives: campaigns
“Super PACs built a wall around Florida, and Trump destroyed it”
CPI reports.
A coalition of outside groups paid for more than 4,300 anti-Donald Trump ads during the week before Tuesday’s primary election in Florida — all to no avail as the real estate mogul sailed to an easy victory.… Continue reading
“A Situation in Which Donald Trump Wins the White House”
John Harwood for the NYT:
The number of white voters Mr. Trump attracts keeps shrinking as a share of the electorate, while the number of nonwhite voters he repels keeps growing, a pattern that helped President Obama retain the White… Continue reading
“Inside Cruz’s state-by-state plan to defeat Trump”
Shane Goldmacher for Politico:
It sounds like a nightmare for Donald Trump’s opponents: The billionaire sweeps Ohio and Florida on Tuesday and storms ahead with more than half the 1,237 delegates needed to secure the Republican nomination.
But for Ted… Continue reading
“Trump’s Fundraising for Others Left Deep Roots”
Bloomberg:
He might be self-financing his campaign, but Donald Trump is no stranger to political fundraising.
His bundling skills, honed over decades, will be put to use five days after the March 15 primary in Florida, where the billionaire… Continue reading
“The 13 minutes that could make — or break — Kasich’s campaign”
CNN:
Thirteen minutes.
That amount of time may be the saving grace for John Kasich‘s presidential campaign strategy, one that relies heavily on the state of Pennsylvania — a state where Kasich’s lawyers are battling to keep him… Continue reading
“Trump, Sanders deflate super PACS in unpredictable 2016 race”
Julie Bykowicz for AP:
Recent polls show Trump well ahead of home-state senator Marco Rubio in Florida, one of five states holding presidential primaries on Tuesday. Indeed, the group spending the most to take out Trump in Florida is Rubio’s… Continue reading
“How an obscure committee could decide the GOP nomination”
Politico:
The four GOP presidential campaigns are quietly preparing for a battle over an obscure rule-making committee that could control the balance of power in a contested July convention.
The convention’s 112-member Rules Committee has enormous power to… Continue reading
“The Party Still Decides”
Ross Douthat:
But the party’s convention rules, in all their anachronistic, undemocratic and highly-negotiable intricacy, are also a line of defense, also a hurdle, also a place where a man unfit for office can be turned aside.
So in… Continue reading
“Kasich Backers Knock Trump Ad Off Air in Ohio”
NYT:
Television stations across Ohio are refusing to run advertisements from the Trump campaign that are critical of Gov. John Kasich because of a technical election law violation in the ad.
New Day for America, the “super PAC” supporting… Continue reading
“California tobacco bills spurred hardball political threats”
Sacramento Bee:
Tobacco industry lobbyists threatened to scuttle unrelated ballot initiatives if California lawmakers passed sweeping anti-smoking measures, health advocates said on Friday.
While lawmakers said bills now on Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk to raise the tobacco-buying age to 21… Continue reading
“Will Donald Trump reverse course and seek donations for his 2016 bid?”
Matea Gold reports for WaPo.