Looks like we’re getting into July 4 quiet mode. Blogging will be light. I have been blogging less as I work on my draft Torts book for students (just completed the first half!), and then next Thursday I am off… Continue reading

Possible fallout from Davis v. FEC in New Jersey.

The court really cares about proportionality.

The Wall Street Journal offers this Page One report. In somewhat related news, the Politico offers RNC Creates Independent Expenditure Arm. Meanwhile, Sen. Obama has been doing some heavy fundraising of his own.

See this press release, which begins: “In response to a federal directive prohibiting voter registration drives among veterans living at federally funded nursing homes, rehabilitation centers and shelters for homeless veterans, Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz and Attorney… Continue reading

These remarks appear to be from a conference of DOJ attorneys who deal with election crime issues. Here is an important snippet: Although, as I just said, ballot access and voting integrity are two sides of the same coin, that… Continue reading

CQ Politics offers this report. UPDATE: Here is Bob Bauer wearing his rose-colored glasses.

See this press release which links to the DOJ and Democracy 21 letters.

Is the lower court opinion lacking analytical rigor or a denial of request for extraordinary relief?

The Washington Post’s David Broder has written this column.

AP says such a measure may qualify for the ballot. California tried a similar measure in the last decade, only to have the measure removed from the ballot on single subject grounds.

Nathan Cemenska has this comment at Moritz.

In an important ruling, a federal district court today denied SpeechNow’s request for a preliminary injunction barring the FEC from enforcing the $5,000 individual contribution limit to its PAC. The ruling comes to the opposite conclusion on this issue as… Continue reading

See this Dallas Morning News oped.