“Major corporations drop support of ‘stand your ground’ group”
Cox reports.
Monthly Archives: April 2012
“Activist’s Undercover Videos on Rules for Voter IDs Lead to an Investigation”
“Justice Dept.: S.C. voter ID law violates Voting Rights Act”
USA Today reports.
“NY’s Redistricting Process Continues in Legal Purgatory”
WNYC: “Like a sequel to a horror movie most people never saw in the first place, New York’s redistricting saga continues to play out in court rooms and administrative offices from Washington, DC and Albany.”
Quote of the Day
“What does it suggest when a man under three federal investigations can plan on spending up to $100 million dollars to elect the man with authority over the agencies conducting those investigations?
—Rick Perlstein, in Rolling Stone article… Continue reading
Does Mark McKinnon Want a Roemer-Lessig AE Ticket?
Check it out (near bottom of post).
Major Computer Crime Case Turns on Meaning of “So”
U.S. v. Nosal, en banc Ninth Circuit Kozinski opinion:
In its reply brief and at oral argument, the government focuses on the word “so” in the same phrase. See 18 U.S.C. § 1030(e)(6) (“accesser is not entitled so to… Continue reading
“ReCoding Good: Part 4”
Stanford Social Innovation Review:
On March 20, two-dozen scholars, practitioners, and policymakers met for a discussion around the theme “Are Nonprofits People, Too? Citizens United and the Future of the Social Sector.” Responding to the expanded roles that certain nonprofit… Continue reading
“The Breitbart ‘Voter Fraud’ Video Proves Absolutely Nothing”
The Business Insider reports.
“Americans Elect sheds staff, delays voting till May”
Politico reports.
“The History of the Recall in Wisconsin”
Christian Schneider writes this extensive review.
“President Obama Eyes Super PAC Showdown”
Politico: “Democrats acknowledge that matching those groups dollar for dollar will be a difficult challenge — Crossroads alone may spend up to $300 million on all 2012 federal races, including the presidential contest. Instead, the president’s campaign and the Obama-sanctioned… Continue reading
“Mort Zuckerman: No Easy Solutions for Big Money in Politics”
Oped:
The sad fact is that after nearly four decades, we have not purged our politics of big donations nor cured public concerns about the excessive influence of the wealthy. Nor have we enhanced the trust factor of our… Continue reading
Paul Ryan on the van Hollen case
Paul explains:
Last year, Representative Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) had enough of the FEC’s gutting the disclosure laws and sued the FEC challenging the 2007 regulation. Last week, District Judge Amy Berman Jackson struck down the regulation, which permitted some… Continue reading