Monthly Archives: October 2015
“Court rejects appeal by group suing over Montana election laws”
AP:
A federal appeals court has rejected a request by a tax-exempt organization to overrule a judge’s order that it must reveal certain information about itself in the group’s lawsuit challenging Montana’s election laws.
Montanans for Community Development had… Continue reading
Ben Carson Puts Campaign “on Hold” to Fundraise? And Sell Books
“No, Americans have not become more ideologically polarized”
Seth Hill and Chris Tausanovitch write for the Monkey Cage.
TX Redistricting Plaintiffs Try to Prod Dilatory Three-Judge Court
The Texas redistricting case has been pending before a three-judge court in San Antonio for a long time. The case was filed in May 2011. Supplemental briefs had been ordered, and filed, and…. nothing.
So now the plaintiffs have filed… Continue reading
Another I’m Just a Bill Parody—But This is a Different Kind of Bill
Regular ELB readers know I collect I’m Just a Bill parodies, which are mostly about the dysfunctional Congressional legislative process.
But here’s a creative and very different one, demanding an accounting by the Jewish National Fund of funds… Continue reading
“Donald Trump’s ‘SNL’ Stint Could Put FCC’s ‘Equal-Time’ Rule in Play”
“Republicans Gone Wild: Q&A with Mann and Ornstein”
Frank Wilkinson sits down with Norm and Tom.
“Civil Rights in a Desegregating America”
Nick Stephanopoulos has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, University of Chicago Law Review). Here is the abstract:
The law largely has overlooked one of the most important sociological developments of the last half-century: a sharp decline in residential segregation.… Continue reading
“American Democracy Under Siege”
Quite a lineup at Harvard Oct. 29—part of the Scholars Strategy network.
Wish I could be there. Perhaps there will be a webcast.
Madeline Brand Talks to Larry Lessig About Election Reform, His Campaign
Listen to KCRW’s Press Play.
“The Gender Gap in Political Giving”
NYT’s The UpShot:
More women vote than men, and it has been true for decades. But women lag way behind men in another measure of political participation. Only about 30 percent of big donors to campaigns are women, which, in… Continue reading
“Tax Plans of G.O.P. Favor the Rich Despite Populist Talk”
John Harwood NYT:
All told, the conservative Tax Foundation estimates that Mr. Rubio’s plan would cut taxes an average of 17.8 percent for all taxpayers — but 27.9 percent for the top 1 percent of earners.
Mr. Rubio’s rivals would… Continue reading
“Money in Politics as a Civil Rights Issue”
This event will be in Durham Thursday night.