“Ethics Committee Names Special Counsel to Aid in Ensign Investigation”
See here.
Monthly Archives: February 2011
“Senate Won’t Allow Earmarks in Spending Bills”
This item appears in NYT’s “The Caucus” blog.
“Is a Bigger House a Better House?”
See these letters to the editor at the NYT.
“Few Obstacles Face Voter ID in the Legislature”
Must-read from the Texas Tribune.
“Five Republicans and four Democrats chosen for Redistricting Committee”
News from Nebraska.
“Meg Whitman spent $178.5 million — $43.25 per vote — in gubernatorial bid”
The Oakland Tribune offers this report.
“Academic round-up: Recent articles describe how the Court can change direction without expressly overruling existing precedent.”
Amanda Frost has this post on SCOTUSBlog discussing Barry Friedman’s excellent piece on stealth overruling, and my draft in progress on other ways that Supreme Court Justices can move the law. One of the ways I discuss in the paper… Continue reading
“Commissioner Statements Deeply Split Over Interpreting Campaign Finance Laws”
BNA offers this report. I’ve written about the same issue recently in Slate.