Gerry Hebert has this post at the CLCBlog, which discusses Chief Justice Roberts, precedent, and the Court in the campaign finance and Voting Rights Act cases.
Last night the Rules Committee voted to table H. Res. 878, which had provided for the rule on debate of VRA renewal (that’s the deal that allowed two proposed amendments, the Norwood amendment and the Westmoreland amendment). It appears then… Continue reading
Marketplace offers this audio report, with the following description: “A new investigative report by Marketplace and American RadioWorks finds at least three US senators violated ethics rules by accepting expenses to attend annual Alaska charity fishing trips with energy… Continue reading
The Campaign Legal Center has released this statement from Trevor Potter, supportinga bill (H.R. 5676 and S. 3560) sponsored by the 4 main BCRA sponsors to “replace the discredited Federal Election Commission (FEC).” The link the release provides to the… Continue reading
The Hill offers this must-read report on VRA renewal, which states that “Democrats and civil-rights leaders compromised on measures regarding voter protection, including those to curb the use of photo-ID laws, to ensure that a bill would be passed before… Continue reading
Obviously, there is no explicit connection between today’s Supreme Court decision involving Vermont’s campaign finance laws and the extension of the special provisions of the Voting Rights Act. But there might be a subtle connection if you read between the… Continue reading
The Georgia Secretary of State has issued this press release with data, that if they hold up, will prove very important to the constitutional and Voting Rights Act challenges to the Georgia voter identification law.
Adam Cox has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Recent movements to reform redistricting in the United States have focused almost exclusively on the possibility of replacing state legislatures with nonpartisan or bipartisan commissions. The nearly exclusive… Continue reading
This post follows up on my earlier initial thoughts on the Vermont campaign finance case.
At oral argument in the Vermont contribution limits case, Chief Justice Roberts was quite skeptical of the state’s arguments. See pdf pages 26-28 for the… Continue reading