“Gingrich Already Naming His Cabinet — But Is that Legal?”
WSJ‘s Law Blog reports.
Monthly Archives: December 2011
“House Majority Leader Defies Public Outrage & Member Support for Congressional Insider Trading Ban: Statement of Meredith McGehee, Policy Director
Here.
“Elmendorf: Making Sense of Section 2 – Part 4 (Judicial Lawmaking Authority and Stare Decisis)”
Here is Chris Elmendorf’s latest guest blog post:
In my last two posts, I argued that constitutional doubts about Section 2 could be resolved by conditioning liability on a showing that the plaintiffs’ injury resulted from race-biased decisionmaking by… Continue reading
“Lawsuit says new Detroit districts hurt minorities”
AP reports.
“Groups accused of voter bribery cleared by DA’s investigation”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Milwaukee County prosecutors have cleared two groups – a conservative one opposing abortion rights and a liberal labor organization – of voter bribery charges after conducting a five-month John Doe investigation into the allegations.
“There’s no prosecutive… Continue reading
“Texas redistricting show judicial activism is in the eye of the beholder”
Linda Campbell has written this column for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Most of the Supreme Court watchers I’ve spoken to are mystified by the delay of a SCOTUS ruling on the stay petition.
“GOP Nonprofit Backs Electoral College”
Roll Call: “An obscure but well-funded campaign to reinvent the Electoral College and elect the president via a national popular vote has alarmed GOP leaders, who have mounted a counterattack with the help of a newly revived nonprofit.”
“Democrat-led petition drive on congressional boundries lacking cash, relying on volunteers”
News from Ohio.
“Voters want information online, but will they find it?”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.
“SC Republicans met with Colbert over rights to rename presidential primary after comedian”
AP reports.
“Blagojevich Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison”
NYT reports.
“Revisiting Newt Gingrich’s 1997 Ethics Investigation”
NPR strolls down memory lane.
“The Tweets, Tics And Turns Of Twitter Politics”
NPR: “Political convo on Twitter is more opinionated, more negative. Diff from that in blogs or lamestream media, sez new study by Pew. Like duh!”
This is something I explore in my forthcoming book, The Voting Wars, in… Continue reading
Texas Tribune Interviews Trevor Potter
Here.