Monthly Archives: March 2016
“Why Is Anyone Still Doing Caucuses?”
Evan McMorris-Santoro for BuzzFeed:
About a half hour from the Las Vegas Strip, in a large public high school on the day the state’s Democratic nominating contest, a man stepped up onto the gym bleachers and shouted:
“Let’s make sure… Continue reading
“Voter ID laws again are gaining traction in the Missouri legislature”
“Did Bill Clinton violate election rules by going into a polling location?”
Boston.com:
Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been “reminded” not to solicit votes near polling sites after President Bill Clinton ventured into a polling location in Boston on Tuesday, the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s office said.
Massachusetts election rules forbid the… Continue reading
“Kansas’s restrictive voter-ID law keeps citizens from exercising a fundamental right”
Ron Collins Interviews Me on Money in Politics, #SCOTUS, and the First Amendment
These were some of the best (and toughest) interview questions I’ve received. A very good exchange I think. Part II appears tomorrow.
While part of the interview talks about my book Plutocrats United, we also discussed the Scalia vacancy… Continue reading
“I’m responsible for Citizens United. I’m not sorry.”
DC Circuit Court, on 2-1 Vote, Sets Challenge to McCain-Feingold Disclosure Law for 3-Judge Court
You can read the opinion here.
I don’t expect the claim will fare well on the merits before the district court, for reasons given in the dissenting opinion.
“Thank God for Citizens United”
Donald Trump candidacy as “The Producers” fantasy. (Watch Nathan Lane at 2:30 mention Citizens United).
“Years After Voter ID Law, Alternative IDs Confuse Texas County Officials”
Texas Observer:
More than four years have passed since the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature passed a controversial voter ID law, one of the strictest in the nation. At the time, civil rights groups and Democrats pointed out that hundreds of… Continue reading
More Ben Ginsberg on What’s Ahead with Delegates
Via Playbook:
BEN GINSBERG of Jones Day, the nation’s leading GOP elections lawyer, on MSNBC’s set at 30 Rock, said March 15 (including Florida and Ohio, both winner take all) “is kind of the cut-off day” for Cruz or… Continue reading
“How New Hampshire Used the Wrong Math and Gave One of Rubio’s Delegates to Trump”
“Reform Groups Urge Senators to Support Federal Election Administration Act to Replace the FEC”
Release:
In a letter sent today, reform groups urged Senators to cosponsor the Federal Election Administration Act being introduced today by Senator Tom Udall (D-NM). The Act provides a framework and the basis for developing a new legislative approach… Continue reading
“Machiavelli Would Love This Plot Twist From Banks’ Washington Book Club”
Bloomberg:
A lobbyist generally donates $2,000 from their company’s political action committee at each meeting, though there is no required amount, the people said. Attendees are given a book, often signed by the congressman, and lunch.
The group doesn’t… Continue reading