“Candidates Disclose Fund Raising”
A NYT presidential fundraising update.
Monthly Archives: March 2012
“Redistricting wrangle hits Romney and Texas Republicans”
Reuters reports.
Citizens United, Campaign Finance, and Non-Profits
Tomorrow I will be up at Stanford, attending and making a brief presentation at this meeting, Are Nonprofits People Too?. Here are my slides on “Citizens United, Campaign Finance, and Non-Profits. (Data are reprinted with permission of the Center … Continue reading
Thalheimer Case Concludes, Creating Good 9th Circuit Precedent
The time to appeal has passed in the litigation over challenges to a number of City of San Diego campaign finance laws. [Disclosure: I am one of the lawyers for the City of San Diego.] The case went to the… Continue reading
“Santorum Campaign Floats New Delegate Math Showing Much Tighter Race With Romney”
ABC News reports.
“Full Minn. House to take up voter ID amendment”
Minnesota Public Radio reports.
Romney’s Bundlers
The Romney campaign won’t release the list of his campaign finance bundlers, even though George W. Bush did, John McCain did, and Barack Obama did last time and is this time.
But thanks to some crucial investigative work by Dan… Continue reading
“Courts to Hear Two Major Challenges To FEC Rules Left After Citizens United”
Bloomberg BNA: “Federal courts will hear arguments March 21 and March 22 in two key legal cases that could help determine which campaign finance regulations will remain in place following a series of recent rulings that have struck down… Continue reading
“Redistricting Not a Big Story in 2012; Neither Republicans nor Democrats stand to gain much.”
Interesting Michael Barone analysis.
“The Corporate Disclosure Assault; Unions and liberal activists are using proxy rules to attack business political speech. “
The WSJ editorializes.
“Thanks, Kamala! A New Time Standard for Ballot Initiative Review!”
Joe Matthews offers another reason why the CA Attorney General should not play a role in the ballot measure review process.
“Two Wisconsin Voter ID Cases Demonstrate the Need for the Right to Vote in the U.S. Constitution”
Elise Helgesen blogs.
“Could Corporations Take Tax Breaks on Political ‘Dark Money’?”
Justin Elliott reports for ProPublica:
Crossroads GPS and Priorities USA did not respond to requests for comment about the proportion of their work that they classify as political. The proportion matters because if corporations are, in fact, deducting donations as… Continue reading
“High court turns down Louisiana bid on Census”
AP reports. From my earlier coverage:
Louisiana Files Original Suit in SCOTUS Claiming Illegals Should Not Count for Apportionment Purposes
Posted on November 16, 2011 1:16 pm by Rick Hasen
Lyle Denniston reports for SCOTUSBlog on this new … Continue reading