The Hill offers this report.

For those instructors out there who use the Lowenstein, Hasen and Tokaji casebook, Election Law–Cases and Materials (4th ed. 2008), there will be a 2010 supplement, available later this summer, which will be up to date through the end… Continue reading

This student note by J. Robert Abraham in the latest issue of the Columbia Law Review looks interesting and timely.

Lisa Rosenberg of the Sunlight Foundation offers this commentary.

The Hartford Courant offers this report, which begins: “The state Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously reversed a lower court ruling that would have allowed Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz to run for attorney general.” As Richard Winger notes… Continue reading

I’ve always admired the job Tray Grayson has done as Kentucky Secretary of State, but this story is a good illustration of why someone who runs for office should not simultaneously be in charge of the election.

See here.

Following this blockbuster NYT story, which has moved this race to toss-up, I thought I’d look at the rules for replacing a candidate on the ballot once he or she has been nominated by a party. It looks… Continue reading

Jim Brudney has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article begins by examining Philip Frickey’s treatment of the canons of construction. The article analyzes Frickey’s effort to unmask, explaining how he critically assesses descriptive claims that… Continue reading

Eight Republican former FEC commissioners have written this WSJ oped. For more on DISCLOSE, see this Reason piece by Jeff Patch and Brad Smith, and this analysis by OMB Watch. MORE: The House committee markup is Thursday.

AP says that she broke with tradition in so commenting. It will be very interesting to watch now if she walks the remark back, or if she is forthcoming about other issues as well.

Dean Chavers has written this oped for Native American Times.

See here (via TPM).

From Fox’s “Speaker’s Lobby Congress Blog.