“Lobbyists Circumvent Disclosure Rules While Bundling For GOP Politicians”
This item appears at Think Progress.
Monthly Archives: December 2013
“Tax-Exempt Political Groups Scrutinize New Rules”
Here & Now: “Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson speaks with Dean Clancy, who leads the public policy team of FreedomWorks, the tea-party aligned 501(c)4 that advocates for small government, and to Fred Wertheimer, founder and president of… Continue reading
“Supreme Court Committee Provides Guidance on Disqualifications Triggered by Judicial Campaign Contributions”
News from California.
#VAAG: “Report of the Fairfax County Electoral Board on Issues Surrounding the Counting of Absentee and Provisional Ballots in the November 5, 2013 General Election”
“McCutcheon’s Wild Hypotheticals”
Zac Morgan blogs at CCP. Very interesting point on J. Kagan hypothetical. I will be interested to hear what others think.
“Senate’s Long Weekends May be First Filibuster Casualty”
“This Is How Campaigns Get You To Open Their Emails And Give Them Your Money”
“One-State/Two-Votes: Do Supermajority Senate Voting Rules Violate the Article V Guaranty of Equal State Suffrage?”
Burt Neuborne has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties). Here is the abstract:
Professor Neuborne argues that the modern filibuster functions as a de facto supermajority voting rule that violates the one… Continue reading
Last Possible Chance for McCutcheon Opinion in 2013 Coming Monday
See this information from Tom Goldstein.
The fact that an opinion in McCutcheon has not come yet means it is not likely there was a majority to take Justice Breyer’s suggestion at oral argument to punt in the case… Continue reading
Daily Show Segment on Gerrymandering includes Kim Brace
Here.
“Challengers of new NC voting regulations want 2014 trial; state officials push for delay”
News & Observer:
Parties who are a gulf apart over what laws should be in place to ensure fair and open elections are just as widely divided about how quickly a lawsuit challenging new voter laws should be heard… Continue reading
“Florida bills aim to expand voting rights of military members away from home”
“Bill targets voting discrepancies”
Cincinnati Enquirer:
Ohio would cross-reference voter addresses with other state databases to try to clean up discrepancies under a voting bill that’s likely to pass the General Assembly on Wednesday.The legislation is part of a collection of Republican-sponsored bills that… Continue reading
“Reform Groups Urge Representatives to Vote No This Week on Latest Attempt by House Republican Leaders to Repeal, Not Fix, Presidential Public Financing System”
Democracy 21: “in a letter sent today to the House of Representatives, reform groups urged House members to vote no on H.R. 2019, sponsored by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), which purports to provide for a 10-year pediatric research initiative… Continue reading