Dan Walters: Schwarzenegger reiterated Thursday that he won’t back relaxation of term limits unless legislators agree to reform the decennial redrawing of legislative and congressional districts, shifting redistricting power from the Legislature to an independent commission, and place fundraising… Continue reading

The Cleveland Plain Dealier offers this reoprt, which begins: “Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner on Thursday accused two holdouts on the Cuyahoga County Elections Board of violating state election law as part of her move to oust them.… Continue reading

Interesting comments.

AP offers this report, which begins: “Federal regulators on Thursday ruled that Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill can raise unlimited funds to recover the $1.6 million she lent to her failed 2004 campaign for governor. But McCaskill plans to self-impose… Continue reading

The FEC debated this question and split 3-3. See: Statement of Democratic commissioners Statement of Republican commissioners Statement of Commissioner Weintraub UPDATE: See this Washington Post report and these comments by Bob Bauer.

Following up on this post, you can find more on People For the American Way’s support of the Holt bill here and here.

AP offers this report, which begins: “Legislation to give the District of Columbia voting representation in the House stalled short of passage Thursday when Republicans unexpectedly injected the volatile issue of gun control into the debate.”

A.P. offers this report. See also Paul Gronke’s thoughts.

You can find the report for Demos here.

You can find the brief here. I posted a link to top side briefs and amici briefs (including my pro bono amicus brief with Richard Briffault) here. I’ll update this post when I have links to any amicus… Continue reading

This article in Salon is very much worth reading.

The LA Times offers this report, which begins: “AT&T has given $500,000 to one of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s pet causes, six months after the governor signed a law lifting barriers to the company’s bid to sell pay television service… Continue reading

The Politico offers this report.

See this LA Times report, following up on this earlier story. UPDATE: Bob Bauer comments.