Monthly Archives: May 2016
“In California, varied election filing practices reveal a system struggling to catch up”
LAT:
More than half of California’s counties — most of them small and rural — don’t provide online access to campaign finance records, and they say they aren’t likely to change any time soon, an assessment of county-level contribution records… Continue reading
“For a President Trump, global real estate deals present unprecedented gray areas”
“There’s no fun these days in Florida’s political parties”
Tampa Bay Times report.
“One of the All-Time Great Cases in Supreme Court History”
Mitch McConnell on Citizens United.
“Texas’s Voter ID Chicanery”
“A Tale of Two Swing States”
Must-read Ned Foley contrasting Ohio voting litigation with lack of such litigation thus far in Pa. Ned is quite skeptical of the recent decision striking down the Ohio legislature’s elimination of “Golden Week” (some for reasons I explained in this … Continue reading
“‘Friends and family’ super PACs play big in some House races”
USA Today:
A USA TODAY analysis of newly filed reports found 182 super PACs with three or fewer donors during the 2016 election cycle. In all, they have collected $71.6 million or nearly 10% of the $766 million raised … Continue reading
“Liberals Versus Political Speech; The Left wants to put people behind bars for expressing opinions that it doesn’t like.”
John McGinnis in City Journal.
“Big, outside money expected in Montana Supreme Court race”
“Senators vote to keep themselves dependent on lobbyists”
Lee Drutman for Vox:
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted this week to keep senators and their staff dependent on the expertise and information that lobbyists provide.
Okay, let me be fair. The committee didn’t do this explicitly. But by ignoring… Continue reading
“Citizens Coerced: A Legislative Fix for Workplace Political Intimidation Post-Citizens United”
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez and Paul Secunda write for UCLA Law Review Discourse.
“Television Networks Struggle to Provide Equal Airtime in the Era of Trump”
NYT:
Last week, none of the three major cable news networks — CNN, Fox News, or MSNBC — carried Mrs. Clinton’s speech to a workers’ union in Las Vegas, where she debuted sharp new attack lines against Mr. Trump.… Continue reading
“Rulings and Remarks Tell Divided Story of an 8-Member Supreme Court”
Smart Adam Liptak column:
The court seems to have split into two camps, with the four justices at its ideological center working diligently to deliver unified opinions. The remaining members of the court seem less committed to that project.
The… Continue reading