Monthly Archives: February 2015
“Conniving by crossover voters is more myth than threat”
“Hillary, Jeb and $$$$$$; Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush and Fund-Raising for the 2016 Presidential Race”
Frank Bruni NYT column.
Don’t Miss Howard Bashman on #SCOTUS Sanctions for the Troubling Cert Petition from Foley & Lardner
“California fixed redistricting; will the Supreme Court break it again?”
Nick Stephanopoulos LAT oped.
“Ruling bars state from treating free legal advice as a campaign contribution”
News from WA:
Free legal advice to a recall campaign isn’t a campaign contribution — neither is free legal advice in pursuit of that argument, and state campaign finance regulators can’t claim otherwise.
That idea, the heart of a ruling… Continue reading
“Registering to vote online: Will Florida join in?”
Fordham Law Review Symposium on Chevron at 30
Very important for Legislation and ad law folks.
“Conservative watchdog group accuses Democrats of illegally coordinating through voter data firm”
WaPo:
A new conservative watchdog group filed a complaint this week with the Federal Election Commission against the private voter data firm Catalist and dozens of Democratic party and candidate committees, accusing them of operating “an illegal coordination scheme”… Continue reading
“The Clinton Foundation Super PAC; It’s past time to drop the fiction that the Clinton Foundation is a charity.”
“The FEC Opens Its Ears”
FEC Chair Ann Ravel writes this oped in The Hill.
“Campaign Legal Center White Paper Outlines Likely Violations By Prospective 2016 Presidential Candidates”
Release:
Today, the Campaign Legal Center released a white paper examining prospective 2016 presidential candidates raising millions of dollars, while denying that they are even “testing the waters” for a potential run for their Party’s nomination. Why would they… Continue reading
“Exclusive: Sorenson hearing confirms ongoing investigation into possible 2012 caucus chicanery”
Des Moines Register:
In just a few words during a short teleconference with a federal judge, an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday confirmed what has long been suspected: Authorities are pursuing a broader investigation into… Continue reading