“Once Neglected, Secretaries Of State Step Into The Spotlight”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
Monthly Archives: February 2014
“Supreme Court Challenge to WI Dark Money Probe Raises Questions of Judicial Ethics”
“Big-Money Politics Groups Get Clarity From IRS They Hate”
“Of Fragmentation and Networks, and the State of Political Parties”
“The Christie scandal everyone overlooked: A $12 million self-motivated political scheme”
Rob Richie and Devin McCarthy in Salon:
We now know that in 2013, the administration of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at least twice used its executive powers of governance for political ends. The story that’s received the most attention,… Continue reading
“No Small Stuff (cont.): Ballot Error Costs Pulaski $12,800”
“Firewall Between Candidates and Super PACs Breaking Down | Rules of the Game”
Eliza’s latest.
I discuss the problems with Super PAC coordination tests in Super PAC Contributions, Corruption, and the Coordination Proxy Wars (newly revised draft).
Compelling NPR Profile of Norm Eisen, Former White House Ethics Czar
“Change the Rules on Secret Money”
“Obama’s Vote-Getting Tactics Struggle to Find the Uninsured”
“How One Brown Student Shut Down The NRA”
HuffPo:
One morning last month, Rhode Islanders woke up to the news that the National Rifle Association had been charged with the second-largest campaign finance ethics violation in state history. In a settlement reached by the Rhode Island Board… Continue reading
“A Pelosi-Sarbanes Dud”
The RNLA does not love public financing.
New Statutory Interpretation Book by Hillel Levin
It’s not yet on the West page, but you can find it on Amazon and I have received a hard copy of Hillel Y. Levin, Statutory Interpretation: A Practical Lawyering Course. It seems meant for a statutory interpretation course or… Continue reading
“The Case of the Missing Democratic Voters”
Ross Ramsey writes for the Texas Tribune.