“New Wine Into Old Bottles: Adapting Text Messaging Proposal to 1970’s Era Rules Gains FEC Approval”
Larry Norton blogs at Venable’s new Political Law Briefing blog.
Monthly Archives: June 2012
“Gingrich: Elections ‘rigged’ for the rich”
Newt Gingrich, whose presidential campaign stayed alive as long as it did only because of his rich Super PAC benefactors, now complains.
“Dice Roll Decides Election in Texas Town”
ABC News reports.
Larry Tribe Calls for Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
Read his proposal here in Slate, part of their How to Fix the Constitution “Hive” series.
Up in the Hive tomorrow: more election law-related proposals from Heather Gerken and from me.
“Ex-Gov. White says state voter laws flawed”
Houston Chronicle: “Voter registration restrictions imposed by the Texas Legislature last session are unnecessary and make it more difficult to register voters, former Texas Gov. Mark White testified Tuesday in Galveston federal court.”
See also this report.
“New York Deal Near for Simplified Ballots”
NYT’s “City Room” blog reports.
“Appellate Lawyer of the Week: Anthony Johnstone”
NLJ: “In 2009, Anthony Johnstone and his home state of Montana played supporting roles in the legal drama surrounding the Citizens United campaign finance challenge. Today, the law professor and state officials stand center stage in a fight to… Continue reading
Quote of the Day
“On both the left and the right, then, originalism is no longer a theory of judicial restraint, as it was once described by Black or Scalia, but a means of advancing partisan preferences.”
–Jeffrey Rosen, Constitution Avenue:Liberals discover a theory … Continue reading
“Sen. Grassley demands re-vote on 9th Circuit judge nomination”
The Hill: “Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) late Tuesday demanded that the Senate vote again on the confirmation of Andrew Hurwitz to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the 9th Circuit, and said he was not… Continue reading
“Adelson Gives $10 Million to Pro-Romney Super PAC”
WSJ’s Washington Wire reports.
“The Participation Interest”
Spencer Overton has written this article in the latest issue of the Georgetown Law Journal. Here is the abstract:
Lack of participation is a primary problem with money in politics. Relatively few people make political contributions—less than one-half of one… Continue reading
“Florida’s Approach to Purging Voter Rolls of Noncitizens Prompts Federal Lawsuit”
NYT reports.
“Earmark-Free Bills Push Senators to Get Creative”
Bloomberg reports.
“Justices may take up Montana campaign finance case addressing two-track system”
The LA Times reports.