“Appeals Court Examines Constitutionality Of Voting Rights Act Provision”
BLT reports.
Monthly Archives: January 2012
“Citizens United Fallout: Coalition Asks SEC To Order Corporate Disclosure Of Political Spending”
Dan Froomkin’s column.
None of These Bad Campaign Finance Developments Would Have Happened If John McCain Were Still in the Senate
Reid Wilson:
But often overlooked is the extent to which the pro-campaign finance reform community has suffered in Washington. Of the four biggest backers of the original reform measure that passed in 2002, three of them — former Sen.… Continue reading
OHRVS
Why it matters to Texas redistricting and preclearance.
“Following the Money: The Power of the PAC”
CNBC reports.
“Revisiting Citizens United in an Election Year”
Joe Birkenstock and Brad Smith chat on the Legal Talk Network.
Won’t Get Fooled Again
That’s not quite the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly. (h/t The Who).
Decision Coming March 9 in Challenge to Wisconsin Voter ID Law
Not sure how the judge arrived at this date.
Shelby County Oral Argument on Constitutionality of Voting Rights Act
AP reports. I also received via email this statement from David Gans of the Constitutional Accountability Center:
“Judge Griffiths, who may well be the deciding vote here, appropriately emphasized that the text of the Constitution explicitly gives Congress power… Continue reading
Has the Supreme Court Already Made It Too Late for an April 3 Texas Primary?
Michael Li makes the case.
Breaking News: Ninth Circuit Upholds Preliminary Injunction Against Washington State Recall Contribution Law
The opinion in Farris v. Seabrook is here:
Like independent expenditure committees, recall committees in Washington have at most a tenuous relationship with candidates. The contribution limit here is thus materially indistinguishable from the limit we invalidated in Long… Continue reading
Breaking News: Ninth Circuit Upholds Washington’s Top-Two Primary
On remand from the Supreme Court, and after the case went back to the trial court, the Ninth Circuit today, in a unanimous opinion, upheld Washington state’s top two primary law (on grounds that will make California’s top two… Continue reading
“Congress must pass law that allows former prisoners to vote”
H. David Schuringa has written this oped for the CS Monitor.
The Lesson from Iowa’s Non-Decision in the Republican Caucus
The Des Moines Register explains that the Iowa Republican Party will declare a tie, with Rick Santorum 34 votes ahead of Mitt Romney and 8 precincts whose votes will never be certified because of missing paperwork.
The lesson? I said … Continue reading