“Contribution Clarity: Good Corporate Governance Assumes Basic Transparency When It Comes to Political Giving”
Dan Bross and Trevor Potter have written this article for <i>Corporate Responsibility Magazine</i>.<br>
Monthly Archives: May 2012
“Few Witnesses to Obama, Romney as They Raise $1.5 Billion”
Bloomberg: “Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are on track to raise more than $1.5 billion to finance their presidential campaigns, and only an elite segment of the electorate will see them do it: their own donors.”
“Congressman: Photoshopping Mom A Brilliant Media Trick”
Brad Sherman whopper.
“Protesters disrupt meeting; House to vote on election law changes”
AP reports.
Is Mitt Romney A Unicorn?
Some people are not saying he is, but just asking the question.
“Justice Stevens Talks Bush v. Gore”
Andrew Rosenthal blogs at NYT’s Taking Note.
“Abbott drops opposition to depositions in voter ID case”
Austin American Statesman: “In an effort to move to trial more quickly, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has quietly dropped his opposition to the Department of Justice’s request to take depositions from state lawmakers in the voter identification case.”
Quote of the Day
“I’m sure Shakespeare would love to write a play about this…It’s a classic example of once the floodgates are open of what can happen.”
Derek Cressman, Common Cause’s regional director of state operations for western states, in Montana Attorney General … Continue reading
Lyle Denniston’s Extensive Analysis of Shelby County Case
Here: “The dueling opinions in the Shelby County ruling may well be indicators of how the Justices on the Supreme Court might end up splitting when they take a new look at the 1965 law.”
“Representative Clyburn: ‘Voter ID is Not a Problem’… Really?”
The Nation reports.
“Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Minor Political Parties Seeking the Opportunity to Place Their Candidates on the November Presidential Ballot”
ACLU of Southern California: “Today, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction in the case of California Justice Committee, v. Bowen, prohibiting the California secretary of state from enforcing a January deadline by which new political parties must meet… Continue reading
“Meredith McGehee Discusses Campaign Finance Reform on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal”
See here.
“Victory in Shelby County v. Holder: D.C. Circuit Issues 2-1 Ruling Upholding the Voting Rights Act”
David Gans blogs.