Monthly Archives: February 2011
“Demos’ Amicus Brief Supports Constitutionality of Full Public Financing Provisions, Detailing Success of Maine’s Program”
See this press release about this amicus brief.
Law Professors’ Amicus Brief (Briffault) Filed in McComish Case
You can read it here.
“Opinion: Wisconsin Election Recall Reality Check”
Joshua Spivak has written this post for AOL News.
Reform Group Files Brief Opposing Cert. in Green Party Public Financing Case
See here.
Money May Not Talk, But It Can Get You to Take Its Phone Calls
Ouch.
“The Pursuit of Perfection: Congressional Power to Enforce the Reconstruction Amendments”
A. Christopher Bryant has written this article for the Houston Law Review.
More on Bauer v. Shepard, and a Possibly Related Case
Yesterday I noted that there was no ruling on the cert. petition in an interesting judicial speech case, Bauer v. Shepard, which presumably will be put over to the next (or a future) conference. One possibility is that we… Continue reading
“Abusing the Voting Rights Act: Thanks to the Obama Justice Department, redistricting may touch off contentious court battles over the rule of law.”
HvS at NRO.
“As GOP slashes budget, lawmakers who built careers on earmarks must re-brand”
The Washington Post offers this report.
Only in Chicago?
Drunk election judges (second item).
And in SuperPAC News….
Politico offers Senate Dems Launch SuperPAC. The Washington Post offers Crossroads GPS launches radio ads in 22 House districts.
“Port Chester Board Votes to Appeal Voting Rights Case”
See here. The article is also interesting for noting the financial cost on a small municality of hiring national legal talent in such an appeal.
“To left, leaked e-mails validate aggressive tactics”
Check out this Politico piece on Chamber Watch, etc. in the wake of CU.