As expected, it did not take long for this new filing.

As mandated by Congress, the GAO has issued this extensive report (as well as this extensive technical supplement). The bottom line of the report: not much has changed despite these programs: While there was some evidence of statistically significant… Continue reading

Good news for California.

This is interesting (via Dan Smith).

I often use the search box on my blog when I am working on election law article (and I know others do too), and the search can take a long time, particularly near elections when there is a lot of… Continue reading

He writes: “The hint, of course, is that the Court might well be sympathetic to the idea of putting the subsidies scheme on hold, if it actually were going to be challenged before the Justices. The order did not… Continue reading

Ethan Leib and Michael Serota have written this response (forthcoming, Yale Law Journal Online) to Abbe Gluck’s article, “The States as Laboratories of Statutory Interpretation: Methodological Consensus and the New Modified Textualism.” Here is the abstract for the Leib… Continue reading

The Court’s order is here. It looks to me like this is a temporary setback, and I expect that momentarily this stay application will be renewed. In addition, the fact that the Court invited the plaintiffs to refile this… Continue reading

Brad Smith and Eliza Newlin Carney.

You can find the brief at this link. Among the briefed questions is whether corporations, labor unions, and other non-individual entities have a constitutional right to make contributions directly to candidates. The plaintiffs’ final brief is due soon. [Disclosure:… Continue reading

This important Washington Post article begins: “All over the country, corporate CEOs and trade groups are asking their lawyers the same question: How can we get our companies involved in this political election season without leaving tracks?”

So reports SCOTUSBlog. Details once I’ve seen the order.