“Lois Lerner, IRS administrator at center of scandal, bows out of Western New England University commencement speech”
Here.
Monthly Archives: May 2013
“At D.C. Circuit, Contractor Case Merits Take Backseat”
BLT:
Lawyers for the Federal Election Commission and government contractors on Thursday argued in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit over a law that forbids the contract holders from making federal campaign donations. The merits of… Continue reading
“Behind the I.R.S. Mess: A Campaign-Finance Scandal”
Steven Rattner for NYT Opinionator.
Yes, yes, we are at the point that it everything has been said but not by everybody.
“The Other IRS Scandal”: David Cay Johnston on Dark Money Political Groups Seeking Tax Exemption”
Here at Democracy Now!.
“Conservative Groups Granted Exemption Vastly Outspent Liberal Ones”
CRP: “Conservative nonprofits that received tax-exempt status since the beginning of 2010 and also filed election spending reports with the Federal Election Commission overwhelmed liberal groups in terms of money spent on politics, an analysis of Internal Revenue Service… Continue reading
“It’s Time for the IRS to Crack Down on Phony Non-Profits”
“Labor secretary nominee Perez clears early hurdle in confirmation”
WaPo reports on 12-10 party line committee vote.
“Judicial candidate blames mystery nonprofit’s attacks for defeat”
“Lax state rules provide cover for sponsors of attack ads”
“The real scandal behind IRS-gate”
Yet another real scandal piece, this one in Chicago Business.
“Inadequate IRS Rules Helped Create Scandal”
“State to spend $2M to clean up voter rolls”
News from Indiana.
“Section 5 as Simulacrum”
Justin Levitt has posted this draft on SSRN (Yale Law Journal Online). Here is the abstract:
In addition to its remarkable substantive impact, Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is a provision of enormous expressive and historical importance. But… Continue reading
“Songs in Contention”
Los Angeles Lawyer on legal issues surrounding the use of songs in political campaigns.