Monthly Archives: October 2013
“NC officials ask court to dismiss elections law challenges”
The News and Observer reports. If anyone has the motion to dismiss, please pass it along and I will post it.
“We need ranked-choice voting at the national level”
Voter ID and the 19th Amendment
Jost on Posner on Voter ID
Here.
“Get Over It: Campaign Finance Limits Don’t Work”
Jim Oliphant in National Journal.
Bauer on Whelan on Judge Posner on Voter ID
“Motives for Chief Justice Castille’s retention run scrutinized”
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
Chief Justice Ron Castille wants voters to give him one more 10-year term on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, even though he will serve only a year because of the mandatory retirement law for judges.
Castille is running… Continue reading
“Attorney General: Asks court to rule NH can regulate ‘push polls’ in federal elections”
“In North Carolina, a Democratic state official speaks out”
LA Times:
Roy Cooper is in a very lonely place. He’s a Democratic state attorney general surrounded by conservative Republicans who control North Carolina state government.
Now those Republicans have put Cooper in an awkward spot. He has publicly condemned… Continue reading
“Former judge provides ‘cold comfort’ on voter ID law”
IndyStar on Judge Posner (who, despite the title, is still a judge)
Jessica Levinson Named as LA City Ethics Commissioner
“Lobbyists Ready for a New Fight on U.S. Spending”
NYT:
Throughout the tense fiscal deadlock in recent weeks, some of the most powerful forces in Washington, including retirees and defense contractors, largely sat on the sidelines. Now they are preparing for a political fight with billions of federal… Continue reading
“Wisconsin Supreme Court justices tend to favor attorney donors”
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism:
In January 2009, Milwaukee area attorney Mark Thomsen donated $5,000 to a Wisconsin official’s political campaign. Thomsen soon sent an additional $500 just eight days before the official cast a key vote on an… Continue reading