A week later (see here) and no one has found the last typographical error: It is “overrruled” (note the three “r”‘s). Substantively, I see a number of problems with this footnote. (As is often the case, some of the… Continue reading

David Keene writes this oped on BCRA in The Hill.

The New York Times article is here the Washington Post article is here. Howard Bashman collects other coverage at this link.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution offers GOP Fights Redistricting in U.S. Court. Link via How Appealing.

Bob Bauer of Perkins Coie’s political group has written a second edition of his book on statutory questions surrounding the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, including a short chapter on the Supreme Court’s McConnell decision. The book, More Soft Money Hard… Continue reading

BNA offers an article by Ned Foley and Donald Tobin on 527s (available here to those with a subscription). Here is the summary: Editor’s note: The following article authored by Ohio State University law professors Edward B. Foley and Donald… Continue reading

Democrats have already suggested that they will appeal the three-judge decision in Session v. Perry rejecting challenges to Texas’s re-redistricting of Congressional districts. The rhetorical focus (from the press release I have seen) is on potential violations of the Voting… Continue reading

An early A.P. story is here Because the court website is busy, I have posted a copy of the opinion here. Thanks to J.J. Gass for sending this along.

The Orlando Sentinel offers this report. Link via Electionline.org.

BNA reports that the Federal Election Commission is set to rule tomorrow on an important advisory opinion concerning the permissible election-related activities of section 527 organizations—-groups that have become more important since the Supreme Court upheld BCRA’s restrictions on soft… Continue reading

Alan Ehrenhalt offers this essay in Governing magazine, which begins: “Fifty-eight years ago, Justice Felix Frankfurter told his brethren to stay out of the business of drawing political maps.

The Seattle Times offers this report, which begins: “Bellevue-based VoteHere, which sells software designed to make electronic voting more secure, said yesterday a hacker it thinks was politically motivated broke into its computer system and stole nonsensitive internal documents.… Continue reading

The Washington Times offered More States Allow Felons to Regain Vote, Study Finds. (Link via Electionline.org.)

Roll Call offers this report (subscription required), which begins: “With a final ruling on the Texas Congressional map expected as soon as today, House Democrats have begun to map out their political futures in expectation of the Republican-authored plan gaining… Continue reading