“Renewed ‘Scrub’ of Florida Voter List Has Elections Officials on Edge”
The Tampa Bay Times has this story on a new “purge” of noncitizens planned by Gov. Rick Scott.
Monthly Archives: August 2013
“Native American Vote-Suppression Scandal Escalates”
So says Stephanie Woodard in this Huffpost report. It discusses a request to the Election Assistance Commission on whether HAVA funds may be used for early vote centers on three Indian reservations. That request will go unanswered, as… Continue reading
Is Public Financing Keeping Weiner in the Mayoral Race?
Maybe, according to this AP report, which says: “Because of city campaign finance laws, Weiner is eligible for $2.1 million in matching funds, money he would have lost if he did not run this year. He would also lose… Continue reading
I See Dead People, Again
This time, they’re opening their political wallets rather than voting. According to USA Today‘s analysis of FEC filings: “Thirty-two people listed on federal campaign records as ‘deceased’ have contributed more than $586,000 to congressional and presidential candidates and… Continue reading
Litigation Anticipated on NC Voting Changes
The Charlotte Observer has this report on lawsuits anticipated after North Carolina’s Republican Governor Pat McCrory signs a sweeping election bill, as he’s expected to do later this month. Meanwhile, the Triangle Business Journal reports here on Democratic Attorney General… Continue reading
Bauer: “The Big Guy and the Little Guy in Contribution/Expenditure Jurisprudence”
Bob Bauer has this post on More Soft Money Hard Law. It begins:
Campaign finance jurisprudence is caught in the crosscurrents of formal doctrine and less clearly articulated judgments about the interests it is crafted to serve. One such judgment… Continue reading
“Citizens United poised to destroy judicial impartiality”
Former Montana Supreme Court Justice James C. Nelson, Supreme who dissented (and was ultimately vindicated) by the United States Supreme Court in ATP v. Bullock, has written this oped for the Missoulian.
[A}ccording to the Supreme Court, while contributions… Continue reading
“D.C. group not happy with how Indiana handling complaint”
TribStar: “The Washington D.C. watchdog group that accused Terre Haute attorney Jim Bopp Jr. of improperly benefiting from a not-for-profit organization has gotten its first official response to one of its complaints — and it’s not happy.”
“Congress: Divided, discourteous _ taking a break”
AP’s David Espo: “The accomplishments are few, the chaos plentiful in the 113th Congress, a discourteous model of divided government now beginning a five-week break.”
More:
Legislation linking interest rates on student loans to the marketplace passed, and, too,… Continue reading
Slate Gabfest Tackles Holder’s Voting Rights Gambit
Here.
“Judging the (un)productivity of the 113th Congress”
Two from CLC
Can Democracies Ban “Anti-Democratic” Political Parties?
Though this blog usually focuses only on U.S. issues, I wanted to flag a story in today’s Wall Street Journal that might provoke the interest of many readers (since the WSJ is behind a paywall, see here). In Bangladesh,… Continue reading
Justice Scalia Ties Supreme Court Prisoner Release Decision to Gay Rights Overreach: “Power of the Black Robe”
From today’s dissent on the denial of a stay in the California prisoner release case:
It appears to have become a standard ploy, when this Court vastly expands the Power of the Black Robe, to hint at limitations that make… Continue reading