Monthly Archives: January 2009
“The Right to Vote, Part II (of Five Parts)”
Bob Bauer’s latest.
“Campaign Finance Enters a New Era”
The Washington Times offers this report.
Is the Texas Senate Rule Voting Change Also Looking forward to the Next Redistricting Fight?
It appears so. UPDATE: The Senate adopted the change as to voter id only; the redistricting proposal change was dropped.
“The Minnesota Recount was Unconstitutional”
Michael Stokes Paulsen, writing in the Wall Street Journal, extols the virtues of Bush v. Gore‘s equal protection holding.
Minnesota Supreme Court Will Hear Franken Request to Have Certification of Election Issued Pending Resolution of Election Contest
See this order.
“FEC holds unprecedented self-exam”
The Hill offers this report.
Eleventh Circuit, Following Crawford, Affirms District Court Decision Upholding Georgia Voter Identification Law
You can find the opinion in Common Cause/Georgia v. Billups here. See also this AP report.
“Texas Senate at odds over voter ID legislation, two-thirds rule”
The Dallas Morning News offers this report.
Bauer’s Prepared Comments to FEC on Improvements to Process
See here. A snippet: “Defense counsel are here to make suggestions about process. Reform community representatives, some of whom are dependable voices on the agency’s work, are not much in evidence here.”
“Franken Camp Makes Another Run at Election Certificate”
CQ Politics offers this report.
A Few Choice Tidbits from the DOJ Inspector General Report on Bradley Schlozman and Politicized Hiring at DOJ
The report is here. Others are covering the big picture of the findings that there was politicized hiring at DOJ and lying about it. I just wanted to highlight a few points in the report of interest to the… Continue reading
“Burris Will Take His Seat as a Senator From Illinois”
The NY Times offers this report.
“Jefferson to Seek Supreme Court Review Of Extent of Speech-or-Debate Protection”
BNA Money & Politics Report offers this report ($), which begins: “Former Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) plans to ask the Supreme Court to review his claims of protection from prosecution because of the Constitution’s speech-or-debate clause. Jefferson’s lawyer said in… Continue reading