The Sacramento Bee offers this report, which begins: “When revealing details of their finances to comply with the state’s conflict of interest disclosure laws, California officials fill out forms that are much like erotica from the early 1900s: They… Continue reading
Randy Riddle has the details here; the opinion is here. According to the court, the measure, Proposition 80, sought to make a change to energy regulation though an initiated statute, but this kind of change could only be… Continue reading
I have noted that civil rights opponents of Judge Roberts’ nomination to the Supreme Court have pointed to his role in crafting the Reagan Administration’s initial opposition to amended the Voting Rights Act. In 1982, despite the Administration’s efforts, Congress… Continue reading
Adam Bonin sees some hints in the FEC’s ruling on a complaint against CBS. Allison Hayward excerpts the most important statement in this MUR signed by 2 commissioners. An excerpt of that excerpt: “we can find no statutory, constitutional, or… Continue reading
The Palm Beach Post offers this editorial, which begins: “The Federal Election Commission is supposed to enforce campaign laws, but the two major political parties have turned it into a loophole machine.”