See here. I’m not sure what is politically motivating this change, or whether it makes the position more or less partisan.

See here.

Bob Bauer has written this oped for the Los Angeles Daily Journal on the Indiana voter id decision.

Michael Malbin of the Campaign Finance Institute has sent out this press release.

As I have noted, so far as I know no one besides Stephen Wermiel had been granted access to Justice Brennan’s post-1985 case histories. (Prof. Wermiel was gracious enough to confirm to me that there was nothing of major… Continue reading

Roll Call offers this report ($), which begins: “Senate Democratic leaders have agreed to fend off attempts to attach electronic disclosure provisions and other campaign finance matters to any ethics and lobbying overhaul bills that emerge from the chamber.”

BNA reports ($) that Steven T. Walther, Robert D. Lenhard, Hans von Spakovsky, and David M. Mason have been nominated for appointment to the FEC. They all currently serve on the FEC now. The article also reports that, as expected,… Continue reading

Howard Bashman rounds up the stories here and here. See also this Supreme Court dispatch by Dahlia Lithwick at Slate. I’m not sure which line is more interesting: Stephen Henderson’s: ” Most oral arguments at the high court end… Continue reading

Adam Cohen has written this extensive “Talking Points” column for NY Times Select subscribers.

See here; this one deals with Roe v. Wade.

AP offers this report, which begins: “Supreme Court justices indicated Wednesday they are inclined to uphold a Washington state law preventing unions from using fees they get from workers for political activities.” Allison Hayward, who attended the argument, agrees … Continue reading

Matt Weil of the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project has written this thoughtful commentary. Two snippets: “The Democrats know that voter confusion alone yields no remedy. Republicans are unwilling to concede that the undervote was anything but a protest vote… Continue reading

You can find a case preview here at SCOTUSblog. See also reports by NPR, the Seattle Times, and the Christian Science Monitor.

You can find the unpublished opinion here.