Monthly Archives: September 2013
Vermont Law Review Disclosure Symposium
Features some interesting speakers and topics.
“After ‘Shelby County’ Ruling, Are Voting Rights Endangered?”
Jerry Goldfeder and Myrna Perez write for the NY Law Journal.
“Supreme Court may strike new blow to campaign funding laws”
“As shutdown and default loom, crisis mode becomes Washington’s new normal”
“California Gives Expanded Rights to Noncitizens”
NYT:
California is challenging the historic status of American citizenship with measures to permit noncitizens to sit on juries and monitor polls for elections in which they cannot vote and to open the practice of law even to those here… Continue reading
“Voting Rules and Constitutional Law”
Can’t wait to read this new piece by Ned Foley (forthcoming George Washington Law Review). Here is the abstract:
Anyone concerned that Bush v. Gore may have been unprincipled or at least insufficiently precise in its reasoning should have the… Continue reading
“New Guidance for 501(c)(4)s on Measuring Primary Activity in the Works, Official Says”
Bloomberg BNA:
The Internal Revenue Service is working on new guidance for Section 501(c)(4) tax-exempt groups relating to the measurement of an organization’s primary activity and whether the organization operates primarily to promote social welfare, a Treasury Department official… Continue reading
“Flood of Statements in Closed FEC Cases Comes as McGahn Departs Commission”
Bloomberg BNA:
Federal Election Commission Vice Chairman Donald McGahn and fellow FEC Republicans have released a series of statements about past FEC enforcement cases, some years-old and going back to their earliest days on the commission.
The move comes… Continue reading
“Legal Center Moves to Protect Ohioans’ Initiative and Referendum Rights from Legislative Suppression”
Press release: “The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law today moved in federal court to immediately enjoin the state from enforcing Senate Bill 47′s new limits on Ohioans’ initiative and referendum rights. The legislation, which became effective in June, restricts… Continue reading
More on McCutcheon
Voting Rights this Afternoon at CBC Legislative Conference
Friday, Sept. 20, 2013
1:00 pm-3:00 pm: Protecting the Right to Vote
Chairman John Conyers Judiciary Braintrust
Advancing the Civil Rights Agenda
Washington Convention Center: Room 143-A
Moderator: Prof. Spencer Overton, George Washington University Law School
Barbara R. Arnwine, Executive… Continue reading
“Calif. Agency Adopts Blogger Pay Rule, Fines for Shadow Lobbying, Ballot Activities”
Bloomberg BNA: “California’s Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) has adopted regulations to require campaign committees to disclose payments to bloggers and others who post online content.”
“Governor Brewer, Personal SuperPAC Benefit From Company Privatizing Arizona Rest Stops”
Arizona’s Politics: “The week that a major Request for Proposals went out to privatize the state’s highway rest areas, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer was hosted in Tennessee and her personal Super PAC received contributions and underwriting from the Tennessee… Continue reading