“Montana Goes Its Own Way on Citizens United”
NPR’s “On the Media” talks with Adam Liptak.
Monthly Archives: January 2012
“Muddled Caucus Results Threaten Iowa’s Position”
Political Wire reports.
“A Fine Line When It Comes To SuperPACs”
NPR reports.
Winners and Losers in Texas Decision
Michael Li offers his thoughts.
“Meet the super super PAC”
Politico reports. This won’t be news to regular blog readers. I also don’t know how much more “super” this makes a Super PAC that they can give $5,000 directly to candidates. The candidate will much prefer the unlimited millions… Continue reading
“The hard truth about Citizens United: On the second anniversary of a terrible decision, every proposed solution has a downside.”
Steven Rosenfeld has written this very important article for Salon/Alternet. It considers some of the potential pitfalls with a constitutional amendment approach to overturn Citizens United, quoting Larry Tribe, Dan Tokaji, and others.
“Judge axes San Diego’s $1K cap on party contributions”
San Diego Union-Tribune:
Political parties can now give unlimited contributions to San Diego city candidates following a federal judge’s ruling that the $1,000 cap on such donations — created by city officials in response to a previous ruling —… Continue reading
Still More Texas Redistricting Roundups
“Stephen Colbert, Herman Cain turn spotlight on super PACs in South Carolina”
“High court orders new maps in Texas”
This updated MSNBC report includes Pete Williams’ report for NBC News.
“Supreme Court Ruling on Texas Electoral Maps ‘Huge Setback’ for Democrats”
The PBS News Hour reports.
“Elizabeth Warren rejects Scott Brown’s offer to curb super PAC power”
Politico: “After a 30-minute meeting between Jim Barnett, Brown’s campaign manager, and Warren campaign manager Mindy Myers, Warren’s campaign issued a statement saying, “the proposal [Brown] has put forward still includes loopholes that Karl Rove could drive a tank… Continue reading
“Supreme Court rejects Texas election map that favored Latinos”
LA Times: “This is a train wreck of a case. This was a significant victory for Texas today, but the case will probably come back to the Supreme Court again,” said Richard Pildes, an election law expert at New York… Continue reading
“SCOTUS sides with Texas GOP on redistricting”
Politico reports.