Monthly Archives: January 2016
“Why the Iowa caucuses are horribly undemocratic”
Zack Roth is of course correct.
See my 2012 Slate piece: Kill the Caucuses!
Mike Stern: Electoral Vote Counting in Congress
Below is an important guest post from Mike Stern, who served as senior counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, deputy staff director for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, and special counsel to the House Intelligence committee,… Continue reading
“5 Ways the Supreme Court Was Wrong in Buckley v Valeo”
“The struggle to preserve a free political system; Reflections on Buckley v. Valeo forty years later”
John Bolton at AEI:
The Court consumed over four hours for oral argument, an entire day on its calendar, thus an unprecedented amount. Ralph led off the argument, attacking the constitutionality of the contribution and expenditure limitations, and his adversary… Continue reading
“McCrory must address voting issues – and fast”
Bob Hall in the Charlotte Observer:
In a matter of weeks, thousands of North Carolina voters will head to the polls unaware of what they’ll need to vote – and election officials will be hard-pressed to help them.
Will voters… Continue reading
“Nebraska secretary of state says ballot selfies foster fraud”
“Texas consultant to Rand Paul loses Pa. election law challenge”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
A federal judge has denied a temporary restraining order to a Texas man challenging Pennsylvania election law and seeking to circulate petitions for Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul.
Texas resident Trent Pool, and his firm Benezet Consulting,… Continue reading
“Bloomberg run could boost Trump’s bid for White House: poll”
“What You Need to Know About the Iowa Caucus”
Timely, from the Bipartisan Policy Center.
“Judicial Campaign Finance: Fresh Thinking in the Ninth Circuit”
Bauer‘s got it right:
On the question of judicial candidates endorsing or campaigning with other nonjudicial candidates, Judge Berzon’s takes the problem to be one independent branch becoming beholden to or politically entangled with others, not corrupt relationships between… Continue reading
Doing Live Chat @TPM at 12 Eastern About Plutocrats United, Election Law Questions
“How Bob McDonnell’s case might help others accused of public corruption”
Very important WaPo story:
If the Supreme Court overturns the convictions of former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell, the decision could substantially narrow what is considered criminal public corruption and put the brakes on investigations of allegedly unscrupulous politicians across… Continue reading