Monthly Archives: May 2014
An Unusual Order from the Supreme Court Delaying Execution, with Lethal Injections Questions Looming
Via USA Today comes news of this just-released order of the Supreme Court. Richard Wolf of USA Today notes that this order comes after the Court had refused to block earlier executions using lethal injection, as questions mount after a… Continue reading
“Arkansas Voters Complain About Quizzing By Poll Workers Checking IDs”
“Shedding Light on Dark Money”
“Lobbyists find mixed reception running for office, but a few have won elections”
“Who’s bankrolling secretive liberal group America Votes?”
Dems play dark money game better this cycle. Sigh.
“Building a Record for the Next Court”
Renata Strause and Dan Tokaji have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Prepared for Symposium on “The Future of Campaign Finance Reform” hosted by the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy and Center on Law,… Continue reading
“Tea Party congressman suggests only property owners should vote”
“Conyers to invoke Nader case to get onto primary ballot”
Important look at the legal issues from the Detroit News.
On the relevance of the Nader case, Michigan is apparently taking the position that it is unconstitutional to limit petition signature gatherers to residents in presidential elections but not in… Continue reading
“Hillary Clinton’s Speaking Circuit Payday: $5 Million (And Counting)”
Andy Kroll reports for Mother Jones.
Another Guilty Plea in a Straw Donors Case
This one in Ohio.
Ron Collins on Proposals to Amend the Constitution to Deal with Campaign Finance
CCP Letter Responds to Democracy21 and CLC on Crossroads GPS IRS Status
Letter:
On May 6, Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) wrote you “to urge the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to deny tax exempt status as a ‘social welfare’ organization to Crossroads GPS.” By the authors’ own accounting,… Continue reading