Monthly Archives: October 2015
“Super PAC launches ‘Let’s Talk Hillary’ to reveal a softer side of Clinton”
“New health overhaul challenge reaching Supreme Court”
Mark Sherman of AP on the Origination Clause challenge to Obamacare. Here is my earlier analysis of the chances of cert. in this case:
I could see this interesting Justice Scalia (whose alternative view of the origination clause gets play… Continue reading
“Bush super PAC considering staff for early voting states”
“Paul Ryan Says Corporate Lobbyist Would Be Chief Of Staff If He Becomes House Speaker”
“GOP moneymen: Ryan a fundraising juggernaut; His cash network will more than compensate for weekends at home, allies say. “
Politico:
But party officials are already plotting creative ways to compensate for Ryan’s demand for family time. Boehner held a lot of fundraisers on the golf course. Ryan isn’t a golfer. So instead of a five-hour event playing golf,… Continue reading
“Sacramento County elections chief tied to group chosen to review her office”
“Which kinds of campaign donations lead to more polarized legislatures? You’ll be surprised by the answer.”
Michael Barber at the Monkey Cage:
As I discovered in my new research, forthcoming at the Journal of Politics, lower contribution limits can lead either to more moderate legislatures or to more polarized legislatures. It all depends on… Continue reading
“Progressive activists attempt to silence the business community”
Brad Smith and Scott Blackburn in the Wash. Examiner.
“Clinton White House sleepover guests still writing checks; Friends who slept in Lincoln bedroom shift donations from Bill to Hillary”
Does the Right Remain More Energized Than the Left About Upcoming #SCOTUS Vacancies? If So, Why?
In this long read from me at TPM, I argued:
The future composition of the Supreme Court is the most important civil rights cause of our time. It is more important than racial justice, marriage equality, voting rights, money… Continue reading
“Judicial Engagement or Judicial Tyranny?”
Eric Segall:
Last Thursday, George Will wrote yet another op-ed advocating that non-elected, life tenured judges play a stronger role in protecting individual liberty (read that as economic liberty), and that this issue should be used by the GOP both… Continue reading
“More in the dark than ever”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel editorial: “The politicians who have the most to gain will love this bill. But if the legislation is signed into law, as is expected, Wisconsin’s voters will be more in the dark than ever about who is… Continue reading
“Justice Department Threatened To Sue Alabama For Failure To Comply With Voting Law Prior To DMV Closures”
TPM:
The U.S. Department of Justice threatened to sue the state of Alabama in a September letter with a warning to the state attorney general, Luther Strange (pictured), that Alabama failed to comply with a two-decades-old voter registration law.
The… Continue reading