“How Broken Is Our Democracy? And How Can We Fix It?”
Check out this June 1 event in DC.
Monthly Archives: May 2010
“The Un-DISCLOSEd Witness”
Former FEC Commissioner Dave Mason writes this interesting oped for the Washington Examiner.
“Outside Groups’ Spending Crosses Line Into ‘Express Advocacy’ Ads in House Races”
BNA offers this very interesting report ($).
Pildes, Moss, Severino Debate Kagan Nomination
Here, at the Federalist Society Debates page.
“Write-in Campaign for Bennett Would Likely Fail”
See here.
NYT Editorial on Recent FEC Soft Money Decision
See here.
The Election Law Mayor
It is not enough to have a president who teaches election law, and a state senator and county commissioner who do so. We now have a mayor too. Congratulations David!
SG Kagan, in Discussion with Sen. Specter, Speaks of More Deference to Congress in Criticizing CU
This is interesting:
Emerging from a 30-minute closed-door meeting in his office, Specter said Kagan was “forthcoming” during their talk, saying she sided with him on several issues, most notably her concern about the Supreme Court’s decision this year… Continue reading
“Judge Orders Temporary Delay in Maldonado Special Election”
See here.
If memory serves correctly, there was a similar delay before the 2003 California gubernatorial recall, and the Bush Justice Department quickly precleared the election changes to allow the recall election to take place on time. It is… Continue reading
Gerrymandering: The Movie
No it’s not a sequel to “Hillary: The Movie.” But it is real and sounds quite interesting.
“Citizens United v. FEC: The fear factor”
Bob Edgar has written this Miami Herald oped.
“Squinting at Kagan’s Views on Campaign Finance Regulation”
When’s the last time Jacob Sullum of Reason agreed more with me than CCP?
“In Elena Kagan’s work as solicitor general, few clues to her views”
This WaPo article discusses the CU argument in detail, and includes a quote from Justice Scalia about SG Kagan’s argument in the case.
SG Kagan and Her Views on Partisan Gerrymandering: A Lot Like Justice Stevens?
Nicholas Stephanopoulos blogs.