Monthly Archives: May 2013
“IRS Rationale for Tea Party Scandal Is Debunked by Data”
Important item in the Chronicle of Philanthropy (via Jonathan Adler).
Whether or not the total number of c4 applications were going up, c4 political spending was exploding, beginning with WRTL and continuing into Citizens United. See my charts here … Continue reading
“At Cincinnati IRS office, surprise over claims of partisan villainy”
WaPo went to talk to the Cincinnati office workers.
The Rube Goldberg Campaign Finance Machine
IRS PR: Even Worse Than I Thought
Dept. of Profoundly Dumb PR Moves: IRS Edition
Apparently the Lerner response on Friday (to a question, not in her prepared remarks) on Tea Party targeting was planned. {Update: It’s even worse than we thought: the question was planted too}
Look: the IRS should have revealed its… Continue reading
“Committee on House Administration Democrats Introduce Bill to Reform and Reauthorize the Election Assistance Commission”
“Blame Congress For the IRS-Tea Party Mess”
Andy Kroll writes for Mother Jones.
“Stevens: Rationale for Bush v. Gore was ‘unacceptable’; The former Supreme Court justice speaks out on John Roberts and the case that decided the 2000 election.”
Salon reports (via How Appealing).
Sen. Baucus Says IRS Controversy Will Grow
Watch Bloomberg (via Political Wire)
Two from Marketplace on IRS
“Move to Defend: The Case against the Constitutional Amendments Seeking to Overturn Citizens United”
John Samples has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Three years ago the U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. It found that Congress lacked the power to prohibit independent spending… Continue reading
“Model Legislative Veto Act”
From Seth Barrett Tillman.
“Ohio Republicans Push Law To Penalize Colleges For Helping Students Vote”
TPM:
Republicans in the Ohio Legislature are pushing a plan that could cost the state’s public universities millions of dollars if they provide students with documents to help them register to vote. Backers of the bill describe it as… Continue reading