Monthly Archives: July 2013
“Why Texas Republicans Aren’t Trusted To Protect Minority Voters”
“Montana Pols Aim to Check Dark Money Spending”
Bill Moyers Talks to Gary May about the History and Future of the Voting Rights Act
“Democrats: It’s the States, Stupid!”
Herman Schwartz:
Unless the Democrats wake up to the importance of winning state legislative elections, they are likely to remain a largely impotent minority in the House of Representatives and equally feeble in the state legislatures. The momentous Supreme… Continue reading
“Three Wrong Progressive Approaches (and One Right One) to Campaign Finance Reform”
I have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming in the Winter 2013 “Elections in America” symposium issue of the Harvard Law and Policy Review). Here is the abstract:
These are tough times to be a progressive in support of… Continue reading
“Speak Softly….and Carry a Nuclear Stick”
Sarah Binder on the filibuster fight.
“Both Sides in Filibuster Fight See Twisting of Senate Rules”
“Web of relations belies aide’s denial: Connecting Montana’s former governor to dark money”
News from Montana: “Two weeks after news reports first linked former Gov. Brian Schweitzer to a pair of mysterious dark money political groups, a Tribune investigation shows Schweitzer’s ties to those groups are deeper than a top political consultant… Continue reading
“This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Elections: The Dysfunctional FEC”
“Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Being Argued Anew in Court”
Bloomberg reports.
The case is before a different judge than the judge who initially refused to block the voter id law before the November election, and then reversed his decision after the Pa. Supreme Court remanded the case for… Continue reading