Monthly Archives: May 2015
“Four Words That Imperil Health Care Law Were All a Mistake, Writers Now Say”
Must-read deep dive into legislative drafting of challenged ACA provision by Robert Pear NYT.
“Schock’s ties to donors raise questions about travel, condo, ‘swaps'”
“California to Examine Voting Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities”
“More Conflict at the FEC: The Question of Partisanship and the Problem of Finger-Pointing”
Bauer:
A dispute over whether the FEC is tilting its investigations against conservatives or Republicans is mostly a waste of energy. Commissioner Goodman got this started at a Commission hearing and has been rebuked by Commissioner Ravel. The Republicans… Continue reading
“Meet the ‘dark money’ phantom; Ohio lawyer at the nexus of nonprofit network is conservatives’ secret weapon”
CPI on David Langdon.
“Voter Turnout in U.S. Mayoral Elections Is Pathetic, But It Wasn’t Always This Way”
Worth reading Daniel Denvir for Citylab.
“Supreme Court ‘Litmus Test’ Emerges in White House Race”
Tony Mauro:
Unusually explicit comments this month by Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have resurrected the debate over the propriety of establishing “litmus tests” for potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees.
First Sanders and then Clinton said… Continue reading
Breaking News: #SCOTUS to Hear One Person, One Vote Case
In a surprise move, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from a three judge court in Evenwel v. Abbott, a one-person, one vote case involving the counting of non-citizens in the creation of electoral districts. Ed Blum,… Continue reading
Time for Northern California to Make Its Own State?
The State of Jefferson movement meets in Nevada County.
“Money Talks: Legal changes have opened the door to new kinds of political spending. What does the money buy?”
Jesse Romero has written this article for Econ Focus of the Richmond Fed.