“RNC files lawsuit seeking to raise unlimited sums”
Matea Gold reports for WaPo. See also this Nick Confessore NYT report.
Here’s my early take on the suit. More to come.
Monthly Archives: May 2014
“Rise of the Showboat Donor”
Ken Vogel reports for Politico.
“Federal Judge Who Halted Walker Dark Money Criminal Probe Attended Koch-Backed Judicial Junkets”
Brendan Fischer: “The federal judge who ordered a halt to Wisconsin’s “John Doe” criminal investigation into spending during the 2011 and 2012 recall elections has regularly attended all-expenses paid “judicial junkets” funded by the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation,… Continue reading
Bob Bauer Defends RNC Case to Revive Soft Money
At least that’s my read of this post. Bob may disagree.
Bob has now returned 360 degrees to where he was before he started working for President Obama.
“The Political Perits of Anonymous Campaign Cash”
Brian Levy has written this oped in the Newark Star-Ledger.
How a Two-Year-Old Investigation into Non-Citizen Voter Registration in Florida Became News
Apparently over the weekend (judged by my inbox and twitter feed), Instapundit linked to a TownHall report from March 2014, “Fraud: Local NBC Investigation Discovers Dozens of Illegal Voters in Florida.” Among other things, the Town Hall report says “Which… Continue reading
Just How Liberal is Henry Waxman’s District?
The libertarian in the race supports campaign spending limits and public financing.
“Someone Just Spent $1.5 Million on a GOP Senate Candidate. We’ll Probably Never Know Who”
Arkansas Voter ID Law is Unconstitutional, Again
AP reports (via BAN).
It looks like at this point the issue will be procedurally ready to be decided by the state Supreme Court.
“Good News in the Proxy Wars; The left’s political disclosure campaign is falling flat.”
WSJ editorial: “It’s good to see that investors are figuring out that the real risk to business is from Mr. Freed’s campaign for disclosure, not from lobbying.”
Very Disturbing: Gay Rights Groups Seek Emails of Law Professor Doug Laycock
The story is here (via Orin Kerr).
Through the activist group Virginia Student Power Network, GetEQUAL found two UVA students willing to take up the cause of calling out Laycock: rising fourth-year Greg Lewis and now-alum Stephanie Montenegro. Last… Continue reading
“Intertemporal Statutory Interpretation and the Evolution of Legislative Drafting”
Jarrod Shobe has posted this draft on SSRN (Columbia Law Review). Here is the abstract:
All theories of statutory interpretation rely on an idea of how Congress operates. A commonly held supposition among scholars is that the procedures used in… Continue reading
“New Jersey: Vineland mayoral recall gets more time due to big judicial ruling “
Recall Elections Blog: “Big news out of New Jersey that should have an impact beyond recalls….”
Similar issue to the Conyers decision today.
Caperton Denouement
WSJ:
A jury awarded a former coal company $4 million on Friday after finding that Massey Energy Co. drove it out of business through an elaborate scheme 16 years ago, closing a chapter in a long-running legal battle that embroiled… Continue reading