Monthly Archives: February 2014
“Iowa voter fraud investigation concludes; 80 additional cases referred to prosecutors”
Des Moines Register:
Since September, when DeCamp took over as the lead investigator, the effort has scrutinized 245 individual voters. Of those, more than 80 have been referred to county attorneys for possible prosecution.
It will be up to… Continue reading
“Romney backs effort to end nominating conventions in Utah”
WaPo: “Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is lending his support to an initiative that would change the way Utah political parties choose their candidates. In an e-mail to former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt (R), Romney said he supports… Continue reading
“State Senate leaders agree boundary law is unclear”
AP:
The Republican and Democratic leaders of the state Senate on Monday said a law that ensnared a legislator on perjury and voter-fraud charges is ambiguous and might need to be changed.
Sen. Roderick Wright is awaiting sentencing in… Continue reading
“Campaign-finance ‘reform’ won’t solve government corruption”
Paul Sherman letter to the editor of WaPo responding to my oped.
Bernstein on Bauer on Hasen and Pildes on McCutcheon on Strong Parties and Campaign Finance
Ellen Miller Retiring from Sunlight
After very successful stints at CRP and Public Campaign.
Announcement.
Liptak on Toobin on Justice Thomas
Adam’s Sidebar includes a quick rebuff of Toobin’s column:
Jeffrey Toobin of The New Yorker recently called Justice Thomas’s silence “downright embarrassing.” But the real work of the Supreme Court is done in written opinions, and there Justice Thomas has… Continue reading
“The McCutcheon Case:The Legal and Political Consequences if the Supreme Court Strikes Down Overall Contribution Limits”
“Hoboken’s legacy of vote-by-mail schemes; Rent control referendum results stand, and shed light on dubious election pastime”
“Justice Thomas: leading the way to campaign-finance deregulation”
[I originally wrote this piece for the First Amendment Center published Oct. 8, 2007. It was part of a symposium on Justice Thomas’s First Amendment jurisprudence. I am reprinting it below here, as it has moved on the Center’s website,… Continue reading
“If the Supreme Court Strikes Down Campaign Contribution Limits, It Might Help Kill Off the Tea Party”
Kevin Drum: “I don’t know if I buy this, but I figured I’d pass it along. There’s a good chance the Supreme Court will indeed finish the job of gutting campaign finance limits, and if that happens we’ll all… Continue reading
Federal Court, Relying on Crawford, Rejects Challenge to TN Voter ID Law
“America’s Richest Political Activists Pour Money Into SuperPACs”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.