“News Analysis: Richland County, S.C. elections still in turmoil”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Re: From the Hobby Lobby oral argument: Should legislation passed by unanimous vote be invalidated or narrowly construed?
Will Baude’s Washington Post piece raises an interesting significance-of-the-legislative-process question. While Will (and the Court) frames the issue in constitutional terms, it has obvious statutory interpretation implications as well. Just a few things that popped out at me while reading… Continue reading
“Watchdog Groups File FEC Complaints Against National Republican Congressional Committee and Democratic Senate Majority PAC”
“Foxes, Henhouses, and Commissions: Assessing the Nonpartisan Model in Election Administration, Redistricting, and Campaign Finance”
The UC Irvine Law Review has just posted the papers from a symposium I organized a year ago September. Here is the full set of excellent papers, which follow my (less excellent) Introduction.
Volume 3: Issue No. 3 • August … Continue reading
“Senate Candidates Find A Way To Give Those Friendly Super PACs A Helping Hand”
Paul Blumenthal reports for HuffPo.
“Inside the Koch brothers’ campus crusade”
“Fiascos and a Matter of Degree”
Bauer on lobbying, money and influence.
“From the Hobby Lobby oral argument: Should legislation passed by unanimous vote be invalidated or narrowly construed?”
Will Baude blogs.
I can’t remember if it was Will or someone else who pointed out, after Justice Scalia was incredulous that the vote in the Senate to renew the Voting Rights Act in 2006 was 98-0, that this… Continue reading
“For Democrats, politicians in handcuffs point to image problems”
“Proposal to fact-check campaign claims in Maine hits resistance”
Kennebec Journal: “Gov. LePage wants reviews to deter false statements, but the ACLU of Maine says his idea is unconstitutional, and that making a government agency the ‘truth police’ is a bigger threat to democracy.”
On the constitutional question,… Continue reading
“AG’s office argues against boss in court case”
Dayton Daily News:
Ohio Solicitor Eric Murphy Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a lower court ruling that two independent organizations from Cincinnati failed to show they have been harmed by a state election law that prohibits… Continue reading
“Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon resigns after arrest on corruption charges”
News and Observer story.
On Jan. 17, 2013, agents met Cannon at a SouthPark apartment rented by agents for $2,100 a month. It was outfitted with secret recording equipment.
That day, the undercover agent gave Cannon the $12,500 in cash… Continue reading
“House lawyers say panel can pursue contempt charges against Lois Lerner”
WaPo reports.
Attorneys for the House of Representatives concluded this week that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has legal standing to pursue contempt charges against former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner.
The determination, outlined in a… Continue reading
“After Staff Shakeup, Project Vote Smart ‘Rebuilding’ and Pointing Towards 2016 With Project Galaxy, Says Tucson Boardmember”
Arizona Politics:
The headline from the Montana newspaper sounded dire, “Project Vote Smart lays off 6, considers closing“. The article focused on the layoffs and the hard feelings towards founder and President (and, Arizonan) Richard Kimball. The… Continue reading