Monthly Archives: January 2007
Very Interesting Ninth Circuit Opinion on the Constitutionality of Limiting Contributions to Fund Recall Petition Drive
Richard Winger just brought to my attention this opinion issued by a Ninth Circuit panel last week in Citizens for Clean Government v. City of San Diego. From my glance at the opinion, I think the court got both parts… Continue reading
“Justices Defend Florida Recount Decision”
Following up on this post, AP offers this report. I’ve ordered my copy of “Supreme Conflict” from Amazon and will post more after I’ve reviewed the Bush v. Gore discussion.
Responding to Bauer on the Significance of the WRTL Case
In a recent post, I suggested that the WRTL case could have major implications for campaign finance law (statements I’ve repeated in the press: here and here.) I argued in my post as follows: “The dissent rightfully points… Continue reading
More EAC Criticism from Richardson
See here.
“Jury Reaches Split Decision In BOE Misconduct Trial”
See this report from Cleveland, which begins: “The jury reached a verdict Wednesday in the trial of three Cuyahoga County Board of Elections workers accused of mishandling the 2004 presidential election recount. The verdict was split, with two of the… Continue reading
Tillman and Kalt on the Senate’s Power to End Presidential Recess Appointments
“When Contributions Weren’t Enough, Parties Looked With Interest to Banks”
The new online and print journal, The Politico, offers this interesting report, which begins: “You’d think it would be tough to score a multimillion-dollar loan from your bank if you’ve never turned a profit, are routinely behind on your… Continue reading
“No court consensus on voter ID laws; Certain rules burden poor, opponents say”
USA Today offers this report.
“Perata takes health care fight to the air”
California legislators continue to pump up their reputation and standing through candidate controlled ballot measure committees.
“More Disclosure Likely With Senate Changes to Lobbyist Disclosure Act”
Jan Baran and Bob Bauer have written this Roll Call commentary, also available here without a subscription.
Justice O’Connor: Bush v. Gore Opinion Not “Court’s Best Effort”
According to this NYT Review of Jan Crawford Greenberg’s new book, Supreme Conflict (a book I have not yet read but hope to read soon), “As for former Justice O’Connor, she is quoted as saying of Bush v. Gore: ‘I… Continue reading
“Insider trading stock sell-off by Ciber execs during EAC secrecy over voting machine test lab ban”
Michael Richardson has this post at Op-ed news.
“Jennings campaign to tout study discounting ballot design theory”
The Hill offers this report, which begins: “A new academic study of voting in Florida’s 13th district congressional race refutes the prevailing opinion of experts that the large undervote in the race in November was likely due to poor… Continue reading