Monthly Archives: April 2013
Lesterland
Larry (Lester) Lessig has posted “Institutional Corruptions” on SSRN, his latest on what he terms dependence corruption.
I have not yet had a chance to read this new paper, but I respond to his other recent work in… Continue reading
“As Obama begins fundraising swing, campaign finance watchdogs growl”
“Obama Labor Pick’s Immigration Advocacy Tests Republicans”
Bloomberg on Tom Perez.
“Patience Roggensack defeats Edward Fallone for second term on state Supreme Court”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: “Roggensack’s victory gives her a second 10-year term on the bench and preserves the court’s conservative majority. On the most controversial issues and cases in recent years, the court has often split 4-3, with Roggensack in the… Continue reading
“Can Obama’s new panel defuse the voting wars?”
“IRS and Questionnaires: What 501(c)(4)s Need to Know”
“Section 5 Discriminates Against Texas”
Texas SG Greg Abbott has written this oped.
“Supreme Court rejects call to change voting district head counts”
“Street Talk: The Curious Cases of Vanishing Lobbyists”
“Donor Says He Sought Menendez on Medicare Without Breaking Law”
Bloomberg: “Salomon Melgen, the Florida political donor at the center of a criminal probe, said he and Senator Robert Menendez are ‘like brothers’ who spoke weekly, yet his companies never benefited and he broke no laws.”
“Appeals Court Vacates Constitutional Ruling On Washington State Grass-Roots Lobby Law”
Bloomberg BNA: “A federal appeals court has reiterated a previous ruling that two conservative groups had no legal standing to challenge the constitutionality of Washington state’s grass-roots lobbying law, but the appeals court also vacated a lower court decision… Continue reading
“Lawmakers Charged in Plot to Buy Spot on Mayoral Ballot”
NYT: “State Senator Malcolm A. Smith, a contractor and real estate developer who rose to become the first black president of the State Senate, and City Councilman Daniel J. Halloran III were arrested early Tuesday on charges of… Continue reading
“States Vote Yes to Online Registration”
Politico reports.