“Should Justices Keep Their Opinions to Themselves?”
Jeff Shesol has written this very interesting oped for the NY Times.
Monthly Archives: June 2011
“Why shouldn’t we go along with the secretary of state?”
A Nevada Supreme Court justice’s question at today’s hearing on the special election rules.
“SuperPACs Seek Congressmen as Fundraisers”
“Ethics group calls for FBI investigation into Rep. Laura Richardson”
WaPo reports: “Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington announced Tuesday that it has obtained internal e-mails from Richardson’s office that the group says shows the California Democrat forced her congressional staff to work on and contribute to her… Continue reading
“The day the vote-buying stopped In 1976, the fixers finally got tired of swapping cash and whiskey for votes in Searcy County.”
Excerpts from a new book by Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Tom Glaze. A snippet shows the role of official collusion in vote buying schemes in the Southeast:
Taylor, who had served a couple of terms as the county treasurer in… Continue reading
“A Supreme Court win for political speech and political money”
George Will’s latest column.
“Kagan Gives New Life to Court’s Liberal Wing “
A must-read Jess Bravin report for the WSJ.
How is the FEC Like General Franco?
It is still dead. BNA:
The Federal Election Commission has deadlocked over whether to proceed with an enforcement case involving allegations that Christine O’Donnell’s 2010 campaign for the U.S. Senate in Delaware was illegally coordinated with the political… Continue reading
“New voter registration laws stymie groups trying to register voters”
News from FLA.
Don’t Do Me Like That
“Court Rejects Green Party Appeal”
AP reports.
Two from Robbin Stewart on McComish
“Q&A: Susan Saladoff, Producer and Director of ‘Hot Coffee'”
See here. I haven’t seen this yet, but I hear the parts on judicial elections are well worth seeing. I also talk a lot about the myth of the McDonald’s coffee case in my Torts class, so I really… Continue reading