Extended Version of AP Story on Kobach v. EAC Now Posted
Here.
Monthly Archives: May 2014
“Conflicting Rulings Cloud Wisconsin Campaign Finance Inquiry”
Monica Davey for the NYT:
An investigation into possible campaign finance violations involving conservative groups in Wisconsin and Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign committee has become entangled in back-to-back federal court rulings on whether it should continue.
Breaking: 7th Circuit Issues Stay in Wisconsin John Doe Case
Via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, you can find the unanimous order of a three judge 7th Circuit panel (Wood, Bauer and Easterbrook) at this link. [My earlier thoughts on the importance of the district court’s ruling for campaign… Continue reading
“Split Definitive: How Party Polarization Turned the Supreme Court into a Partisan Court”
Neal Devins and Larry Baum have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Starting in 2010 the Supreme Court has divided into two partisan ideological blocs, with all the Court’s Democratic appointees on the liberal side and its… Continue reading
“Judge refuses to stay order over voter citizenship”
AP: “A federal judge in Wichita has refused to stay his order for federal election officials to immediately enforce Kansas and Arizona laws requiring new voters to document their U.S. citizenship.”
“A Federal Judge Just Called an End to Scott Walker’s Recall Probe; It’s the latest example of Wisconsin politics playing out in the courts.”
American Idol Overtime
Roll Call: “The Democratic House primary between “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken and former North Carolina Commerce Secretary Keith Crisco remained too close to call following Tuesday’s primary. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Aiken leads Crisco by 372… Continue reading
“Judge rewrites description of Nevada voter measure”
LVRJ: “A state judge Wednesday rewrote a description that details the effect of a voter photo identification initiative backed by conservative activist Sharron Angle.”
“House Holds Ex-I.R.S. Official in Contempt in Tea Party Case”
NYT:
The House voted Wednesday to hold in contempt Lois Lerner, a former Internal Revenue Service official who is the focus of multiple investigations into whether the agency targeted President Obama’s opponents. The vote gives a politically charged issue… Continue reading
Weiser and Norden Respond to Tom Edsall Column on Campaign Finance and Voting Rights
Here.
“Judge Orders Restoration of Voting Rights for Tens of Thousands of Californians”
Press release:
An Alameda County Superior Court judge today ruled that Secretary of State Debra Bowen illegally stripped tens of thousands of people of their voting rights two years ago. His ruling said people on Post Release Community Supervision… Continue reading
“Prosecutors seek stay of ruling halting Doe probe into Walker recall”
Prosecutors to 7th Circuit:
Attention now shifts to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. The prosecutors told that court Wednesday that Randa’s order to permanently destroy the documents they had gathered was inappropriate because it was only a preliminary ruling.… Continue reading
After McCutcheon, New RNC Challenge to Soft Money Rules
On the day the Supreme Court decided McCutcheon, I wrote in Slate:
Third and most dramatically, the court seems to open the door for a future challenge to what remains of the McCain-Feingold law: the ban on large, “soft… Continue reading
“Adelson’s political beneficiaries adopt casino magnate’s cause to ban Internet gambling”
WaPo: “Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, waging a new campaign to ban Internet gambling, is deploying a state-level political network he has been quietly developing over the past few years.”