Divided 10th Circuit Opinion on Attorney Sanctions in Voting Rights Case Out of Albuquerque
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Monthly Archives: December 2015
The Latest Campaign Spending Figures from NJ
NJ ELEC:
A heavy dose of independent special interest spending drove the cost of this year’s legislative general election above $30 million, according to a new analysis of disclosure reports by the Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC). The spending,… Continue reading
“Campaign-Finance Provisions May Be Attached To Spending Bill”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
Special Prosecutor Wants to Seek #SCOTUS Review in WI John Doe Case
Patrick Marley:
“I am disappointed with the decision issued today and, if I have the resources, intend to pursue an appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court,” Schmitz said in a statement. “I continue to believe that the investigation was… Continue reading
Breaking: FL Supreme Court Affirms Congressional Redistricting Map
League of Women Voters v. Detzner (with one Justice dissenting and one partially dissenting):
This case is before the Court for approval of a final congressional redistricting plan in accordance with the Fair Districts Amendment and in accordance with our… Continue reading
“LDF Files Lawsuit to Challenge Alabama’s Racially Discriminatory Photo ID Law”
Release:
oday, one day after celebrating the 60th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama — an act that ignited the Civil Rights Movement — lawyers from the NAACP Legal… Continue reading
“New Analysis: Judicial Re-Election Pressures Tied to Harsher Criminal Sentencing”
Release:
Pressures of upcoming re-election and retention election campaigns make judges more punitive toward defendants in criminal cases, according to a new analysis of social science research by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.
How … Continue reading
GOP Candidates, Pretending to Hold Noses, Raise Money from Lobbyists, DC Establishment
NYT on the dog bites man story.
“The Questionable Ways of Albany, Exposed at Sheldon Silver’s Trial”
“A Fourth Path in Evenwel: What Campaign Finance Jurisprudence Tells Us About Legislative Redistricting”
Michael Morley blogs at Balkinization.
“Freedom Caucus to Battle McConnell on Campaign Finance”
Didn’t see this coming:
House conservatives are decrying an attempt by Republican leaders to loosen campaign spending limits, banding Democrats together with antiestablishment Republicans and opening up a rare intra-party split on an issue that usually unites the GOP.
The… Continue reading
Why Has WI Gov. Walker Delayed Signing Bill Killing GAB?
“A simple fix for big money in politics: Tax campaign spending”
“The New York Times Gets Money and Politics Wrong”
John McGinnis:
Nicholas Confessore’s long front-page article in Monday’s New York Times, “Rauner and his Wealthy Friends Are Remaking Illinois,” raises concerns about the power of rich individuals to influence elections. The article both subtly and overtly argues that… Continue reading