Monthly Archives: April 2015
“Senator Robert Menendez Indicted on Corruption Charges”
Here we go. Update: The indictment.
Among the allegations: corruption with large donor funneling money to supposedly independent Super PAC.
“Trucking and Rail Industries Turn State Troopers Into Unwitting Lobbyists”
“Kasich cuts Republican-backed link between voting and driver’s licenses”
Columbus Dispatch: “In a rebuke of fellow Republicans, Gov. John Kasich used his line-item veto authority today to kill language that would have required out-of-state college students who register to vote in Ohio to quickly obtain in-state licenses and… Continue reading
Solum on Hasen on Voting Fraud
Perfect for April 1.
House Republicans to Push Bill Declaring “End to Racism” in U.S.
WaPo: “In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision striking down a key portion of the Voting Rights Act, a group of Southern House Republicans have put forward a congressional resolution declaring that ‘racism is a thing of the… Continue reading
Court Rules Wealthy Donors Have First Amendment Right to Bribe Candidates
AP: “In the latest in a series of rulings stemming from the ‘John Doe’ campaign finance investigation in Wisconsin, a federal district judge has ruled that individuals have a constitutional right to spend unlimited sums in coordination with a… Continue reading
“Special interests pick up tab for Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Krekorian”
“Hillary Clinton Makes It Hard to Follow the Money”
“Republican National Committee Seeks to Intervene in New Hampshire Libertarian Party Ballot Access Case”
“Waiting for Godot, Superman and Mary Jo White…”
99 Rise Says It Has Disrupted #SCOTUS Again, with Campaign Finance Messages
Press release via email:
Six members of the grassroots organization 99Rise disrupted the nation’s highest Court this morning, issuing a series of statements protesting recent court rulings that facilitate enormous increases in campaign spending by a tiny fraction the wealthiest… Continue reading
“The Business of America is Lobbying: How Corporations Became Politicized and Politics Became More Corporate (Studies in Postwar American Political Development) “
Lee Drutman’s new book is out and I can’t wait to read it.
There’s an associated April 16 event if you are in D.C.