Ned Foley: “If the Minnesota Supreme Court rules for Franken, it would be wrong to jump to the conclusion that the court inevitably must be biased against Coleman. On the contrary, the trial court unanimously ruled against Coleman and… Continue reading

Via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution comes this objection letter from the Department of Justice to a Georgia voter verification system which checks, among other things, the citizenship eligibility of Georgia voters. Because Georgia is a jurisdiction covered under section 5 of… Continue reading

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BNA Money and Politics Report offers this report ($). Meanwhile, the FEC commissioners are even splitting along party lines over the “reason to believe” standard for investigations.

Now that the oral arguments have concluded, here are my tentative thoughts (you can find my earlier live blog below the fold): 1. It is always dangerous to guess how a court is going to come out based upon oral… Continue reading

I have written this LA Times oped about the Coleman-Franken contest. A snippet: If Coleman continues the fight by filing a new federal lawsuit, the U.S. Senate should not wait for the outcome before seating Franken provisionally. There’s no argument… Continue reading