Mark Posner has written a very important White Paper, The Politicization of Justice Department Decisionmaking Under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act: Is it a Problem and What Should Congress Do?. ACSblog describes it as follows: The Constitution… Continue reading

Roll Call offers this editorial (paid subscription required). It begins: New Jersey Gov. John Corzine (D) has decreed that no special election will be held until November to fill the House seat vacated by the man he named his successor… Continue reading

USA Today offers Tribes’ political giving targeted (along with Tribes’ special status a product of law and history. Norm Ornstein writes Santorum’s Denials on K Street Project Don’t Ring True (from Roll Call, but available through AEI without a… Continue reading

This New York Times article and this Wall St. Journal article (free access) discuss how Justice Alito’s replacement of Justice O’Connor may affect important Supreme Court cases, including those dealing with election law.

The Columbus Dispatch offers this report.

The Los Angeles Times offers this report. A snippet: “Meanwhile, the reports show that Schwarzenegger paid his chief of staff, Susan Kennedy, $25,000 on Dec. 5 from his campaign account. At the time, she had not yet joined the… Continue reading