Jeffrey Birnbuam has written this article for the Washington Post. Bob Bauer comments. Meanwhile BNA Money and Politics reports (paid subscription required): “The Senate Office of Public Records since 2003 has referred over 2,000 cases of possible violations of… Continue reading

I have posted this draft paper on SSRN. I hope to send it out to law reviews soon but there is still plenty of time to make changes. Comments welcome! Here is the abstract: This Article focuses on the role,… Continue reading

Tony Mauro offers this column at the First Amendment Center on Justice Alito and the Vermont spending limits case.

Marcia Coyle offers this report in the National Law Journal (paid subscription required).

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch offers this report. It begins: “With statewide elections nine months away, some Missouri Republicans are pushing a controversial bill requiring government-issued photo identification to cast a vote.”

Howard Bashman’s latest On Appeal column for Law.com explains that two circuit courts have interpreted the words “not less than 7 days after entry of the order” in the Class Action Fairness Act to mean “not more than 7 days… Continue reading

Louis Fisher who has written excellent reports on election-law related issues for the Congressional Research Service, is involved in a dispute with his superiors. According to CRS Demands Apology, But Researcher Refuses (Roll Call, paid subscription required), Fisher has been… Continue reading

Scripps-Howard News Service offers this report.

The Los Angeles Times offers this report, with the subhead: “The lobbyist admits he used nonprofits to evade taxes, pad his pockets and bribe officials.”

This front-page article appeared in Sunday’s Los Angeles Times. It is not to be missed. It begins: In most cities, elections happen at least every four years. In Vernon, officeholders haven’t faced opposition in a generation. Twenty-five years after its… Continue reading

Keith Ewing and Sam Issacharoff have edited this volume that I look forward to reading. Here is a description: This volume deals with questions of political party funding and campaign financing, issues which arouse controversy in many parts of the… Continue reading

Ohio State’s Legislation Clinic is holding this conference on March 3. Looks like a very interesting program.

See this unpublished opinion from an appellate court in New Jersey. Thanks to Brian Nelson for the pointer.

See this news release from Infosentry Services, Inc.