“Republicans rewriting state election laws in ways that could hurt Democrats”
The Washington Postreports.
Monthly Archives: September 2011
“Pete Sessions: Pa. Electoral College Change Would Put House Races at Risk”
Washington Wire reports.
“Lawsuit asks court to kill new California Senate districts”
SacBee: “Arguing that California’s newly drawn Senate districts are unconstitutional, a Republican Party-backed group filed a lawsuit today asking the California Supreme Court to kill the new maps.”
Kelleher Responds to Ornstein and Mann on Third Parties
Here.
“Vadum: Obama’s Jobs Bill Could Give ‘Un-American’ ACORN $15 Billion To Help Poor People Vote”
TPM reports.
“SEC Action Needed to Fulfill the Promise of Citizens United”
John Coates and Taylor Lincoln blog.
A City Tries to Use Voting Rights Act to Delay a Recall Election
Fascinating. [Note this post has been corrected. It initially suggested a section 5, rather than section 2, claim.]
“Why the IRS Should Want to Develop Rules Regarding Charities and Politics”
Ellen Aprill has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Case Western Reserve Law Review). Here is the abstract:
Organizations tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, often referred to as charities, cannot, at risk of loss of exemption,… Continue reading
“Perry supplemented wealth with profitable deals”
AP offers this report, in which I am quoted about politicians and good financial results.
“Texas: El Paso Mayor receives TRO against recall petitions being handed in”
“United States: The Role Of Lawyers In Serving Candidates Running For Election To Political Office”
McGuire Woods has posted this article on its website.
“State’s pay-to-play law has done little to curb loopholes, report says”
NJ.com reports.
Even a Justice Dramatically Reading the Horoscopes Cannot Lighten the Mood at the Wisconsin Supreme Court
So reports the WSJ.
“Appeal questions Illinois justice’s fairness”
AP reports (more from Howard Bashman).