“Scott Walker works to harness national donor network for White House run”
Interesting Matea Gold report for WaPo.
Monthly Archives: February 2015
“These 5 states could be next to pass voter ID”
Zack Roth reports for MSNBC. Chapin comments.
“Lou Correa asks for recount after losing by 43 votes to Andrew Do in county Board of Supervisors election”
OC Register:
During the observation of provisional ballots last week, Correa said that his lawyers found several questionable occurrences, including “provisional ballots being counted even though they were not signed by the voter; ballots cast by voters who appeared… Continue reading
You Won’t Want to Miss This Event on Corruption at Fordham—Preet Bharara Is the Keynote
This was set up before the Silver indictment, but wow great timing. Looking forward to participating.
Fighting Corruption in America and Abroad
Friday, March 6, 2015
Fordham University School of law
Skadden Conference Center
150 West 62nd Street
9:00… Continue reading
“Say no to look-the-other-way election, ethics board”
Editorial from the Beloit Daily News (WI).
“IRS Chief: I Don’t Want to Be Seen As Influencing 2016”
“Democrats open new front in voting wars in Oregon”
Reid Wilson for WaPo.
NYT Study in Contrasts: #SCOTUS Criticism of Unpublished Appellate Decisions vs. The Supreme Court’s “Shadow Docket”
Today’s NY Times brought us both Adam Liptak’s Sidebar column in which Supreme Court Justices have been criticizing lower federal appellate courts for issuing “unpublished” opinions which lack the force of precedent in the jurisdiction, and Will Baude’s oped… Continue reading
New Appeal in Texas Redistricting Case
Press release via email:
Yesterday, on behalf of two Texas voters, the Project on Fair Representation filed a jurisdictional statement with the U. S. Supreme Court in Evenwel v. Abbott, a voting rights case.
At issue is the… Continue reading
“Sheldon Silver and the Lawyers of New York”
“Dire predictions about Citizens United prove false”
Scott Blackburn Washington Times oped.
“The Fall and Rise of Specialized Federal Constitutional Courts”
The final version of Michael Solimine’s very important article (University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law). Here is the abstract:
Most constitutional challenges in federal court to federal statutes are litigated in the familiar pattern of a decision by a… Continue reading
“Wisocnsin Right to Life: Lauds federal court decision on free speech”
“Of Constituents and Contributors”
Richard Briffault has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, University of Chicago Legal Forum). Here is the abstract:
In the stirring conclusion to his opinion in McCutcheon v. FEC, Chief Justice Roberts pointed to the close connection between campaign contributions… Continue reading