Ted Cruz in Tonight Show Skit Talks Colorado Delegate Victory
and says at 1:30 mark (mistakenly apparently) that Colorado recently got rid of primaries for choosing presidential nominee delegates.
Monthly Archives: April 2016
“Cincinnati-inspired bribery law could affect Republican convention”
Cincinnati Enquirer:
Anyone seeking to sway the votes of delegates at the 2016 Republican Convention in Cleveland in July will have to navigate a state anti-bribery law inspired by corruption in Cincinnati more than 140 years ago.
According to… Continue reading
“GOP: Require cash for longer vote hours”
Cincinnati Enquirer:
Republican lawmakers want anyone who goes to court to keep polls open longer on Election Day to hand over enough cash to cover the cost.
Ohio Sen. Bill Seitz is proposing a change in state law that… Continue reading
“To Protect Hillary Clinton, Democrats Wage War on Their Own Core Citizens United Argument”
Glenn Greenwald for The Intercept.
“Facebook Employees Asked Mark Zuckerberg If They Should Try to Stop a Donald Trump Presidency”
Gizmodo:
Inside Facebook, the political discussion has been more explicit. Last month, some Facebook employees used a company poll to ask Zuckerberg whether the company should try “to help prevent President Trump in 2017.”
Every week, Facebook employees vote… Continue reading
“Is Trump Right About ‘Rigged’ Election?”
I have written this oped for CNN (my preferred headline was: Donald Trump’s Whining a Teachable Moment). It begins:
Each year on April Fools’ Day I intersperse some false but plausible news stories among the real ones on my Election … Continue reading
“Verbatim fact check: Is hard money a larger share of political spending than outside money?”
“Las Vegas trip could have put Gov. Robert Bentley on wrong side of campaign finance law”
AL.com:
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley’s office says that the Republican Governors Association picked up the tab for a trip the governor and staff took to the organization’s annual meeting last November. However, the reimbursement scheme the governor’s office says… Continue reading
Read the Democrats’ Complaint Against AZ for Election Administration Issues
The complaint makes a Voting Rights Act section 2 claim and raises various constitutional claims as well.
“Democratic voters refuse to believe the worst about Hillary Clinton”
Smart Greg Sargent piece:
But my strong suspicion is that Clinton’s reliance on corporate money and her Wall Street speeches are not actually deal-breakers, in and of themselves, for many Democratic voters. Judging by the fact that Clinton has won… Continue reading
“The Power Canons”
Lisa Heinzerling has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, William and Mary Law Review). Here is the abstract:
With three recent decisions – UARG v. EPA, King v. Burwell, and Michigan v. EPA – the Supreme Court has embraced a… Continue reading
Tweet of the Day: Loving Super PAC Edition
Husband of #MD06 GOP candidate @amieforcongress has provided 99.95% of the $2.1M raised by super PAC supporting her https://t.co/oJzanemDIb
— Michael Beckel (@mjbeckel) April 14, 2016