Monthly Archives: May 2014
Justice Kagan Raises Prospect of Prayer at Polling Places; Justice Alito Responds
Justice Kagan, dissenting in today’s Supreme Court case of Town of Greece v. Galloway, writes:
To begin to see what has gone wrong in the Town of Greece, consider several hypothetical scenarios in which sectarian prayer—taken straight from this… Continue reading
“Former Justices Aren’t Above Playing Politics; A call for constitutional change provokes critics.”
Tony Mauro on the Justice Stevens testimony controversy.
“CFI’s Launches New Project on Money and Polarization in the 2014 Congressional Primaries”
Press release: “Today, as the congressional primary season heats up, the Campaign Finance Institute is announcing the public launch of its Project on Money and Polarization in the 2014 Primaries. This first step includes a new web tool through… Continue reading
“Exclusive: Ohio GOP’s secret voting scheme deliberations”
Salon reports. Unless I’m missing it I do not see where Salon posts these emails to examine.
UPDATE: Salon has now posted a link to the emails at the end of the article.
“This Man is the Future of Super PACs”
Shane Goldmacher profiles John Jordan.
“Republican Civil War Peaks as Primaries Test Tea Party”
Bauer on Deference to Elected Officials in Drafting Campaign Laws
Here.
“Mary Jo White Doesn’t Scare Anybody; Obama’s SEC chief has whiffed on regulating corporations “
Alec MacGillis writes at TNR.
“Would Justice Stevens allow ‘reasonable’ limits on a free press?”
Michael McGough writes at the Opinion LA blog of the LA Times.
“Congressman John Conyers Probably Will File a Lawsuit to get on Democratic Primary Ballot”
Ballot Access News:
Michigan election officials are likely to keep Congressman John Conyers off the August 5 primary ballot, unless he files and wins a lawsuit. See this story, which explains that Michigan law requires circulators for primary… Continue reading
LA Times Endorses Pete Peterson, Only [Major] Republican Preference Candidate for Secretary of State, Because He Would Focus on “the More Mundane Tasks of the Job”
Just as interesting is why the Times does not like the “reform” candidates in the race:
Like Peterson, Derek Cressman, a Democrat, has excellent qualifications for the job. As an executive with the good-government group Common Cause, Cressman advocated for… Continue reading
“Liberal donors eye new long-term investments in states and new voters to boost Democrats”
WaPo:
A group of wealthy liberal donors who helped bankroll the Center for American Progress and other major advocacy groups on the left is developing a new big-money strategy that could boost state-level Democratic candidates and mobilize core party… Continue reading