The Cleveland Plain Dealer offers this report. The suit was thrown out for being untimely. But I understand that there is another suit on the merits in this case. I remain very troubled by Sec. Brunner’s position on the… Continue reading

Ken Timmerman has written this piece for Newsmax (which has recently been picked up by Rush Limbaugh). The allegation is that the under $200 donations that the Obama campaign does not have to itemize under FEC rules is coming from… Continue reading

Deroy Murdock has written this opinion piece for National Review Online. I’m always wary of pieces that include: “As John Fund explains in Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy,…” I think it is time for me to start… Continue reading

The San Antonio News Express offers this editorial.

The ACLU and Brennan Center have issued this press release.

Bob finds some interesting items about voter fraud as a “wedge issue” in the Inspector General’s report.

The Brennan Center has issued a press release via email (not yet online), which begins: “Today the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law released one of the first systematic examinations of voter purging, a practice — often… Continue reading

Anita Krishnakumar has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This essay explores an under-appreciated legacy of the Supreme Court’s (in)famous decision in Holy Trinity Church v. United States. While Holy Trinity has been much-discussed in the academic… Continue reading

See this commentary at Balkinization.

Michigan Law Review‘s online companion, “First Impressions,” has published this symposium, with contributions from Jack Chin, Larry Solum, Dan Tokaji, Peter Spiro, and Stephen Sachs. As Larry would say, download it while it’s hot!

Former FEC Commissioner David Mason has written this guest post for the CCP blog, responding to this Washington Times report on Speaker Pelosi’s PAC.

The Chicago Tribune offers this report.

The new request for an opinion in number 2008-15 does not yet appear to be on the FEC website yet. It asks if the radio ads, which discuss Sen. Obama’s position on abortion rights, would qualify for a WRTL exemption.… Continue reading