Monthly Archives: March 2014
Bauer Replies to Ryan on Distortion
“New Arizona Super PAC Ready To Support GOP Congressional Candidates Tobin, McSally (Others?); Pushing Boundaries of Coordination”
Arizona’s Politics reports.
“Obama Civil Rights Nominee Knew He Was Doomed But Wanted Debate, Harry Reid Says”
HuffPo:
During a Thursday sitdown with reporters, Reid said that Adegbile, a respected civil rights lawyer who previously led the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, met privately with Reid and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) for… Continue reading
“Outside groups dwarf candidate spending in Florida special election”
“FEC Complaint Calls for Investigation of Possible Illegal Contributions & Coordination by Montana Congressional Candidate & Super PAC He Founded”
“Paterson Councilman Rodriguez and wife indicted on mail-in ballot fraud charges”
“Former IRS Official Lerner Gave Interview to DOJ”
“New Effort to Assist Military/Overseas Voters”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.
“Why is Bob Bauer Distorting our Position on IRS Rules?”
Senator Ted Cruz Distorts Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Holding
By all indications Sen.Ted Cruz is a brilliant lawyer. So I take his mischaracterizing of the Supreme Court’s Shelby County case as being disingenuous and not simply misguided. Sen. Cruz writes:
It is disturbing that new efforts are being made… Continue reading
“Lawsuit Filed in NJ Federal Court Challenges Constitutionality of Partisan Primary Elections”
Press release: “The EndPartisanship.org coalition today filed suit in the U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey demanding that every voter should have an equal and meaningful vote at every stage of the state-funded election process, regardless of their… Continue reading
“(Mis)Trusting States to Run Elections”
Josh Douglas has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming Wash. U. Law Review). Here is the abstract:
Current Supreme Court doctrine defers too readily to states’ voting systems. In the process, the Court has removed Congress from the elections business.… Continue reading