Interesting Candidate Speech Issue Before Maine Supreme Court
See here.
Monthly Archives: November 2007
“Deep Pockets, Shallow Thinking”
The North County Times (CA) offers this editorial, which begins: “If there’s anything more potentially dangerous than a man with limitless ambition, it’s a man with limitless ambition and a bottomless bank account. Enter Darrell Issa. The congressman from… Continue reading
“Primary Pain; Why Any Effort to Reform the Primary Process is Doomed”
The New Republic offers this report.
Sec. Rokita Press Release on Election Day Monitoring
See here.
“Registration not needed, group says”
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel offers this report, which begins: “A national organization advocating lower taxes and less government spending did not register to campaign in Tuesday’s school building referendum election because it is not urging a ‘yes’ or ‘no’… Continue reading
“Department of Justice investigates attorney in Boston voting lawsuit”
The Boston Globe offers this report. See also this NYT editorial on John Tanner.
“Electoral College initiative off the street”
Is the California electoral college measure too popular or perhaps not popular enough?
“CGS Maps Growth of State and Local Public Campaign Financing”
The Center for Governmental Studies has released this eBulletin.
“Federal judge dismisses Crow voter fraud suit”
AP offers this report.
“Justice Fight Lingers at FEC”
Jeanne Cummings has written this report at the Politico on the von Spakovsky controversy.
Top Side Merits Briefs in Crawford, the Indiana Voter ID Case
You can find the brief of the Indiana Democratic Party here.
I will post the ACLU brief when I receive permission to post it. UPDATE: It is here.
Under new Supreme Court rules, amicus briefs are due 7… Continue reading
“Political watchdog nipping at heels of state campaign finance”
Here is George Skelton’s latest LA Times column.
“John Fund Unbound, on Voter ID”
Bob Bauer has this post on his More Soft Money Hard Law blog.
“Political Judges and Popular Justice: A Conservative Victory or a Conservative Dilemma?”
George Brown has posted this draft (forthcoming, William and Mary Law Review) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Most of the judges in America are elected. Yet the institution of the elected judiciary is in trouble, perhaps in crisis. The… Continue reading