Monthly Archives: November 2010
“First Circuit Rules that Constitution Does Not Require Presidential Substitution”
Richard Winger calls the decision a “massive defeat for ballot access for minor parties.”
“Obviously, I am less cautiously optimistic than I was before”
I assume that “less” modifies “optimistic” rather than “cautiously” in this statement from Joe Miller.
“Rethinking ‘Bias’: Judicial Elections and the Due Process Clause after Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Company”
Eric Sandberg-Zakian has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Arkansas Law Review). Here is the abstract:
In Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Company, the Supreme Court held that litigants have a constitutional right to a judiciary free from a serious… Continue reading
New Jersey Supreme Court to Weigh in Tomorrow on Permissibility of Effort to Recall U.S. Senator Menendez
See here.
“The Incoming Republican Congress Must Avoid The Ethics Boomerang”
Lisa Gilbert blogs.
“Reform Groups Press ‘Disclosure Only’ Bill in Senate; New Study to be Released on Contribution Disclosure”
See this press release. I too have called for this Hail Mary pass.
“AP Calls Alaska Senate Race for Murkowski”
Another election apparently beyond the margin of litigation.
“Driehaus drops elections complaint”
Now that the election is over….
“Crashing the big Democratic donors’ D.C. meeting”
Politico reports.
“Congressional Memo: Earmark Ban Exposes Rifts Within Both Parties”
The NY Times offers this report.
“House Panel Finds Rangel Guilty”
The NY Times offers this report.
David Frum on Campaign Finance Reform
“Senator leads; Miller wants hand recount”
The latest from Alaska. See also Alaska is Not Florida in the Juneau Empire.