“Hillary: The Movie” is Getting a Sequel from Citizens United
And by “sequel” I mean a movie, not a court case (though that could come too!) and I mean Citizens United, not Citizens United.
Category Archives: campaigns
“University of Alabama Faculty Senate to convene task force in light of sorority segregation, voter fraud controversies”
“Trader Lost Millions Betting on Romney”
Political Wire:” A new academic paper digging into presidential betting in the final weeks of the 2012 election finds that a single trader lost between $4 million and $7 million placing a flurry of Intrade bets on Mitt Romney… Continue reading
“Groups flush with out-of-state cash flock to Virginia governor’s race as testing ground”
“Calif. Agency Adopts Blogger Pay Rule, Fines for Shadow Lobbying, Ballot Activities”
Bloomberg BNA: “California’s Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) has adopted regulations to require campaign committees to disclose payments to bloggers and others who post online content.”
Tom DeLay Conviction Reversed 2-1 By Texas Appellate Court
Big news from Texas.
You can read the majority and dissenting opinions. The majority requires a judgment of acquittal based on legally insufficient evidence, not a new trial.
There could be further appeals.
I expressed concerns about political prosecutions of… Continue reading
How a Fundraising Event Extended the Life of Death Row Inmate
TPM.
“The Pulpit Should Be Free of Politics”
“Mapping Public Fiduciary Relationships”
Ethan Leib, David Ponet and Michael Serota have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming as a chapter in Andrew Gold & Paul Miller’s THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF FIDUCIARY LAW). Here is the abstract:
Fiduciary political theorists have neglected to… Continue reading
“G.O.P. Senators Fail to Head Off Primary Challenges by Tea Party Rivals”
Tom Edsall Gets Major Republican Strategists, Top U.S. Political Scientists to Weigh in On Chances for Republicans to Capture Presidency in 2016
“Colo. Supreme Court asked for guidance on recalls”
AP reports.
On how this issue recently came to the attention of Colorado officials, see here.