A.P. offers this report, which begins: “A federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit filed by supporters of former Rep. Cynthia McKinney, who claimed her loss in the 2002 Democratic primary resulted from wide-scale Republican crossover voting.” The opinion itself… Continue reading

James Kilpatrick offers this oped, which ends, “Will pigs fly?”

The Washington Post offers this report.

Today the Supreme Court decided the important federalism case, Tennessee v. Lane. The case is the latest in a series of cases setting forth the limits of Congressional power to enforce rights under section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment.… Continue reading

Ilya Somin reviews (along with two other book’s) Jamin Raskin’s Overruling Democracy in the Spring 2004 issue of the Green Bag.

GOP Allies Play Catch-Up on 527s, which includes: “Several other well-connected Republicans noted that without a wealthy ‘sugar daddy’ or two to provide seed money, these organizations may still struggle to raise the necessary funds. But efforts to find… Continue reading

Here is the second of two Washington Post reports on Bush fundraising bundlers.

The Washington Times offers this report.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch offers this report on George Soros and his campaign finance activities.

See this A.P. report.

See the second item in Sunday’s New York Times Political Points column.

This first of two parts is not to be missed.

The Washington Post offers this report.

Yesterday (while I was in Sacramento and unable to blog), the FEC held its meeting to determine what it should do about regulating 527s in this election cycle. The most important votes were the 4-2 vote against the Toner-Thomas proposal,… Continue reading