“Lawsuit Demands More Aid for Asian-American Voters”
The NY Times offers this report.
Monthly Archives: February 2006
“Rock the Vote is Stuck in a Hard Place”
The LA Times offers this report.
“Group alleges legislature, court colluded”
The Philadelphia Inquirer offers this report, which begins: “HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s leading watchdog group alleged in a lawsuit yesterday that the highest ranks of the legislature traded millions in state aid to the courts for favorable decisions dating to… Continue reading
“Bush to Tie Line-Item Veto to Political Reforms”
Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required). (For background, see here.). Office of Management and Budget Director Joshua Bolten told the newspaper: “You can’ be absolutely certain what would happen if and when a provision like this got… Continue reading
Sens. McCain and Obama Spar Over Lobbying Reform
Be sure not to miss this Chicago Tribune report, which characterizes Senator McCain’s letter to Senator Obama as containing “atypically harsh and sarcastic words from one senator to another.” The McCain letter is here and Sen. Obama’s response is… Continue reading
Valid Argument Based on Statutory Construction….Or an Interpreter “Smoking Dutch Cleanser?”
The front page of today’s NY Times includes The Legal Arguments: In Limelight at Wiretap Hearing: 2 Laws, but Which Should Rule?. It begins:
It is the sort of problem that judges confront every day. One law forbids a… Continue reading
“Election officials fear ’06 season of the glitch; This fall, millions to use unfamiliar voting machines”
USA Today offers this report.
“Revote in Ohio After More Votes Than Voters Recorded on Diebold Touch-Screen Voting Machines!”
The “Brad Blog” offers this very interesting report.
Carney on Lobbying Reform
You can now access (without a subscription to National Journal) Eliza Newlin Carney’s latest “Rules of the Game” column, Reform Should Swing Both Ways. A snippet: “Given already stiff resistance on Capitol Hill, it’s an open question how many… Continue reading
Bauer on Mark Posner’s Remedies for Politics at DOJ
See here.
Kathleen Sullivan on Justice Breyer’s Active Liberty
In this NY Times book review, Kathleen Sullivan discusses, among other things, Justice Breyer’s views on campaign finance regulation. Allison Hayward comments.
“For the ballot, money matters”
The Sacramento Bee offers this report, which begins: “More than 40 campaign committees spent about $317 million on eight ballot measures in a California special election that produced no new policy but fattened the bottom lines of television stations,… Continue reading
“Weld Scrubs Website”
Political Wire offers this interesting report. Following on the heels of Wikipedia-gate, I expect someone to start calling for politicians to pledge not to mislead voters via the Internet.
“A Watchdog that Didn’t Bark”
Norm Ornstein ofers this Argument column in Legal Affairs, with the subhead: “Jack Abramoff’s guilty plea has made corrupt lobbying a very big story. Where were the media when coverage might have curbed the sleaze?”