“Texas Millionaire Gives $7 Million to GOP Group”
AP offers this report.
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Very Interesting Order in Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Stay Keeps Issue Before Same Ninth Circuit Panel
The AP report does not contain the text of the Motion’s panel order itself, but does say the following: “The brief order was signed by the three 9th Circuit judges hearing emergency motions this month: Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, who were… Continue reading
“Joe Miller Files FEC Complaint”
Interesting government contractor angle.
“Don’t Blame Citizens United”
Chris Good blogs.
“Secretary of State’s Office looks into justice candidate’s voting”
News from Ga.
“Why Not Allow Foreign Spending in U.S. Elections?”
Peter Spiro blogs at Opinio Juris.
“McCain Violates McCain-Feingold?”
Adam Bonin blogs at Daily Kos.
“Dems Want FEC Slam on Linda McMahon”
Let’s count how many bad wrestling puns headline writers will get out of this story.
“How Much Does Law Matter? Theory and Evidence from Single Subject Adjudication”
Michael Gilbert has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Scholars debate whether law or politics motivates judges’ decisions. Jurisprudential philosophies and political ideologies correlate, making it difficult to isolate these factors. Using a novel survey technique, I… Continue reading
“Institutional Causes of California’s Budget Problem”
Bruce Cain and Roger Noll have written this article for the California Journal of Politics and Policy (part of a special issue on California’s budget quagmire). Here is the abstract:
Since the early 1990s, California has experienced a recurring budget… Continue reading
“More Voting by Mail? First, Consider the Hidden Costs”
Charles Stewart has written this Moritz comment.
“Playing ‘Whac-A-Mole’ With Campaign Finance Disclosure. But, where’s the mallet?”
This item appears at the blog of the Columbia Journalism Review.
“Hidden Money in the 2010 Elections: A Pre-election Primer on Recent and Recently Exploited Avenues for Secretly Funding Elections”
The Sunlight Foundation offers this primer. See also Citizens United: Before, After, What’s Next?
“Dark money: Super PACs fueled by $97.5 million that can’t be traced to donors”
The Sunlight Foundation blogs.