This looks like a very interesting hearing. So far, the Senate hearings have been very substantive and interesting, and certainly presenting a greater diversity of views than the House hearings.

You can find it here. See especially pages 15 and 16 for a discussion of bail out.

Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required), which begins: “Clear progress on a lobbying reform bill continues to elude House and Senate Republican leaders, with the two chambers stalemated over the fate of a controversial provision targeting the independent… Continue reading

George Brown has posted this paper on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The federal gratuities statute, 18 USC Section 201(c), continues to be a source of confusion and contention. The confusion stems largely from problems of draftsmanship within the statute,… Continue reading

See this report, which begins: “A federal judge refused Monday to order counties to accept new voter registrations without the proof of citizenship mandated by Proposition 200.”

So suggests E.J. Dionne: Consider how Roberts’s approach contrasts with what the court did in Bush v. Gore , the 2000 decision that made George W. Bush president. Justices David Souter and Stephen Breyer were desperately seeking consensus. They agreed… Continue reading

Following up on this post linking to Bob Bauer’s paper on Georgia v. Ashcroft and asking questions about the meaning of the Georgia v. Aschroft “fix” in the current VRA renewal bill, I posed two hypotheticals on the election law… Continue reading

The Hill offers this profile of Rep. James Sensenbrenner, which mentions is role in pushing through the Voting Rights Act renewal amendments before his term expires.

The Miami Herald offers this editorial.