“Outside sources have big part in making law”
Part II of the San Jose Mercury News series on California lawmaking is now available. Read it!
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Very Big News: Draft FEC Advisory Opinion to Allow Corporations and Unions to Make Unlimited Contributions to Independent Expenditure Committees
The draft AO in Commonsense Ten just was posted, and comments are due by tomorrow at 5 pm. (See also the Club for GrowthAO, which also was just posted, and the Walther alternative.)
If this AO passes,… Continue reading
CCP Responds to Fred W. on Whether DISCLOSE Favors Unions
See here.
In Nearly Unanimous and Bipartisan Decision, NASS Still Wants the Incredibly Weak U.S. Election Assistance Commission to Be Disbanded
How disheartening. I’ve written about this turf war among elections officials here.
“Disclosures About Disclosure”
Lloyd Mayer has posted this draft (forthcoming, Indiana Law Review) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
An often overlooked aspect of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Citizens United v. FEC is the sharply contrasting factual accounts regarding disclosure of… Continue reading
Sausage Factory Opening in Texas
Get ready for the new redistricting battle.
“The Case Against the New Black Panthers; Abigail Thernstrom is wrong to belittle this shocking episode.”
Andrew McCarthy responds.
J. Christian Adams on Alleged “Chaos, Discrimination, Thuggery, and Dishonesty” at Virginia State Board of Elections
See here at Adams’ “Election Law Center” blog, which he describes as “more red than the ivory tower.”
Deal Reached for 2010 W. Va. Byrd Replacement Election
See here.
“Money and Power in the City of the Angels”
The Center for Governmental Studies has issued this report, which analyzes the impact of Los Angeles’ twenty-year old campaign finance reforms on the 2009 city elections.
The LA Times focuses upon the report’s noting of the rise of candidate… Continue reading
“Bill guaranteeing polling stations becomes law”
How this bill became a law is as interesting as the law itself.
“Myths and Realities Regarding Claims that Labor Unions are Treated More Favorably than Corporations by the DISCLOSE Act, Passed in June by the House and Pending in the Senate”
Fred Wertheimer’s latest. More support from Trevor Potter and Scott Thomas. Meanwhile, reformers target Sens. Snowe and Collins.
“Supreme Court ruling raises bar for corruption, fraud prosecutions”
The Washington Post offers this report.