The Washington Post offers this report, which begins: “Former senator Robert G. Torricelli (D-N.J.), who is raising money for presidential front-runner John F. Kerry, contributed $50,000 to a secretive group that ran hard-hitting television ads against Howard Dean during… Continue reading
The three-judge court’s opinion in Larios v. Cox is here. (Thanks to Nate Persily for bringing this to my attention.) The court struck down Georgia legislative districts on grounds that they failed to comply with the one person, one… Continue reading
The New Jersey Law Journal has this editorial supporting the suit brought by the Rutgers Law School Constitutional Litigation Clinic (and sponsored by ACLU) to restore voting rights to persons on parole and probation under the new Jersey Constitution.
The Christian Science Monitor offered this report on Feb. 5. Concidentally, tomorrow is the anniversary of the 1812 redistricting by Elbridge Gerry giving rise to the term “gerrymander.”
A.P. offers this report, which begins: “A fund-raising committee run by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was fined $21,000 for improperly accepting donations over federal limits, according to records and interviews.”