“Is there really a chance that the Supreme Court might reconsider Citizens United?”
Do-Over Season, Linda Greenhouse’s latest Opnionator column for the NYT.
Monthly Archives: February 2012
“‘Super PACs’ leaders profit from lack of oversight”
Super PAC President: Nice work if you can get it.
“Gingrich campaign warned 2nd time for financial dealings”
The Washington Times reports.
Sen. Sanders on Rachel Maddow Show on Claims of GOP Voter Suppression
See here. GAO will be asked to determine how much voter fraud there is.
The Voting Wars heat up.
Want to Know Which For Profit Businesses are Contributing to Super PACs?
Check this out from U.S. Pirg and Demos.
“Chamber Gets Back in the Game”
Politico: “America’s political giant has quickened its walk to a run, as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has pumped more than $3.04 million into national-level electioneering communications during the past two weeks, federal records indicate.”
I was just telling… Continue reading
“Michigan Democratic Party encourages crossover voting in GOP presidential primary”
The Fix: “Operation Chaos in Michigan? Again? The Michigan Democratic Party sent an e-mail to supporters Wednesday encouraging them to take part in the state’s Republican presidential primary on Tuesday.”
“Federal Appeals Court Rules That N.M. Violated Federal Law, Failing to Provide Voter Registration Applications to Public Assistance Clients”
See this press release about this new opinion. From the release:, “The federal Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the State of New Mexico Human Services Department (HSD) violated Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act of… Continue reading
“88% of Obama’s Itemized Donors in January Were Repeaters; 40% of Romney’s Donors Have Maxed Out; Santorum, Gingrich, Paul, and Obama Strong with Small Donors”
Must-read CFI press release.
“Does Money Corrupt the Political Process?”
Kevin Drum blogs.
Montana Supreme Court Campaign finance Decision Affront to the “Rule of Law”?
That’s Allen Dickerson’s claim. Oh please. The Montana Supreme Court took Justice Kennedy at his word and looked at the state’s evidence of corruption to justify its law. That might be wrong—but it is not defying the rule of… Continue reading
“Election law changes are ‘in really uncharted territory'”
The latest from the voting wars in Ohio. MORE from Jennifer Brunner at AlterNet.
Murphy and von Spakovsky Debate Voter ID at National Press Club
Laura Murphy of the ACLU debates Hans von Spakovsky of the Heritage Foundation at the National Press Club tomorrow. [No webcast.]
I tell some amusing stories about Hans von Spakovsky’s research and scholarship in this area in the “Fraudulent Fraud… Continue reading
“The Supreme Court and Citizens United II”
An NYT editorial. My Slate piece (which now has 1,000 “likes” on Facebook [I don’t think that’s happened before]) expresses similar sentiments about the Montana case.