Monthly Archives: May 2013
“Ask The Experts: What to Make of the IRS ‘Tea Party’ Scandal”
“Reform Groups Call on Congress to Deal with Two IRS Scandals: Wrongful IRS Targeting of Groups and IRS Failure to Prevent Groups from Improperly Claiming 501(c)(4) Status”
Good to see the reform groups now recognizing two scandals.
“Can A Congressional Witness Deny Guilt and Then Plead the Fifth?”
Orin Kerr on Lerner: “I’m not enough of a Fifth Amendment nerd to have strong views on which side is right. So I posed the question earlier today to a listserv of criminal procedure professors that includes some serious Fifth… Continue reading
“High Turnout Rates Are Cause to Celebrate, Not Gut, the Voting Rights Act”
David Gans:
Sometime before the end of June, the Supreme Court will decide Shelby County v. Holder, a constitutional challenge to the preclearance provision of the Voting Rights Act, one of the Act’s most important guarantees against racial discrimination… Continue reading
Quote of the Day
“I have not done anything wrong. I have not broken any laws, I have not violated any IRS rules or regulations and I have not provided false information to this or any other congressional committee. And while I would very… Continue reading
“McCain, Collins Mock GOP Blockade on Budget Conference’
Roll Call:
Senate Democrats picked up some GOP reinforcements in their bid to get to a conference on a House-Senate budget agreement.
Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Susan Collins of Maine joined Budget Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash.,… Continue reading
“Who’s the Right Watchdog for Nonprofits’ Political Activity? | Rules of the Game”
“Why it Doesn’t Matter Whether Celia Roady is a ‘Lobbyist'”
“Obama launches panel to reduce long lines at polls”
“A Sleeper Scandal Awakens, Post-Election”
Michael Shear (NYT): “The allegations had all the makings of a perfect election-year scandal that might threaten President Obama’s chances for a second term and re-energize a listless Tea Party movement: an activist president, running an overbearing government,… Continue reading
“With more clarity, White House adds to confusion on IRS”
Worth reading Dan Balz’s Take.
“CREW Sues IRS for Failing to Revise Rules Governing 501(c)(4)”
Press release:
Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in United States District Court for the District of Columbia to compel the agency to initiate a rulemaking procedure… Continue reading
Question of the Night (Election Administration Snark Edition)
What do the Commissioners of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, which Congress set up after the 2000 Florida election debacle to provide advice about best election practices, think about the just-announced composition of the new Bauer-Ginsberg election commission?
Oh wait… Continue reading