Monthly Archives: May 2013
Ellen Aprill PowerPoint Slides on Political Activities and Tax Status
Sens. Hatch and Baucus Send Letter to Get IRS Mess Docs for Finance Committee
Bloomberg BNA posts the letter.
“Crossroads GPS believes it is under IRS scrutiny”
LAT:
Crossroads GPS, the behemoth conservative advocacy group behind some of the most robust attacks against President Obama’s administration, said Monday that it believes it is among those organizations subjected to special scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service.
The… Continue reading
“Democrats strike back at GOP voting measures”
AP:
In a bitter fight, Colorado Democrats recently muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until Election Day and still cast their ballots.
It’s the latest – and most substantial –… Continue reading
“Republican National Hispanic Assembly expected to file formal complaint for suspicious votes”
Absentee ballot fraud alleged in Bakersfield.
“Voting Rights Institute to Train New Generation of Voting Rights Lawyers”
Wish I could be in D.C. for this:
The Campaign Legal Center and American University’s Washington College of Law will jointly launch a new Voting Rights Law Institute this summer to help train the next generation voting rights litigators. … Continue reading
Really? with Seth and Amy on IRS Scandal
“The Good News About Race and Voting”
Andrew Kohut in WSJ:
In the next several weeks the Supreme Court is expected to rule on the constitutionality of the requirement that several states, mostly in the South, get “pre-clearance” from the Justice Department before they make any changes… Continue reading
“W&M law students draft report on 2012 election delays”
Nice Touch
Chief Justice Roberts cites Justice Kagan’s and Justice Breyer’s academic writings against them in his dissent in today’s important statutory interpretation opinion on Chevron deference, Arlington v. FCC. See page 3 of the dissent (p. 29 of pdf).
Supreme Court Summarily Affirms in Mississippi Redistricting Case
Here is the order list and here’s the background from Justin Levitt’s All About Redistricting site.
“A bushel of Pinocchios for IRS’s Lois Lerner”
WaPo’s fact checker gives Lerner Four Pinocchios for a number of statements she made in connection with the IRS controversy.
“Time to shed light on disclosure bill”
David Keating and Eric Wang: “For a bill supposedly about “disclosure,” Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) gave surprisingly few details about their Follow the Money Act in their POLITICO op-ed, (“Shedding Light on Anonymous Ads,”… Continue reading