“Virginia GOPers to challenge restoration of felon voting rights”
Zack Roth says GOP may have a good case.
Monthly Archives: May 2016
“Va. Republicans hire lawyer in bid to stop restoration of felons’ voting rights”
WaPo:
Virginia Republicans have hired a high-powered Washington lawyer to challenge Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s authority to give more than 200,000 ex-convicts the right to vote in the fall presidential election and beyond.
GOP legislative leaders announced Monday that they… Continue reading
Thursday #PlutocratsUnited Event with Trevor Potter in DC Now Sold Out
Very excited for this, the last scheduled Plutocrats United event (it was supposed to be one of the first, until Snowmageddon II).
“Analysis: A Texas Judge Takes Voter ID to Court”
Ross Ramsey for the Texas Tribune.
“The McDonnell Case: the ‘Messages’ to Citizens”
More Bauer on McDonnell:
Zephyr Teachout has since written about the importance of the “principle” of bribery at stake in the case—the importance of “broadly” construing the “axiom that an official shouldn’t accept gifts for public duties.” She is worried… Continue reading
“For Top Federal Contractors, Investments in Lobbying, PACs Yield Big Returns”
MapLight:
Major U.S. government contractors have received $1,171 in taxpayer money for every $1 invested in lobbying and political action committee contributions during the last decade, according to a MapLight analysis.
The 25 largest federal contractors, as ranked… Continue reading
“Trump Said to Lack Plan for Fundraising, Running-Mate Vetting”
“Inquirer editorial: How to fix the primaries”
Philly.com:
Two states, California and Washington, have gone further, instituting “top two” primaries for non-presidential elections. All candidates compete in a single preliminary election, from which the two most popular proceed to the general, even if they’re both Democrats,… Continue reading
“A Potential Gift to Politicians, from the Justices”
Tony Mauro and Marcia Coyle for the NLJ on McDonnell.
“GOP shuns electronic ballots at open convention; Republicans opt for tradition over tech to maximize drama for national audience”
“Sanders makes a public plea for Democratic superdelegates to switch allegiances”
WaPo reports;
White House hopeful Bernie Sanders, who has fought the Democratic establishment throughout his campaign, made an extraordinary appeal Sunday for party insiders to help deliver the nomination to him, even if he doesn’t catch rival Hillary Clinton… Continue reading
“Scalia’s death affecting next term, too? Pace of accepted cases at Supreme Court slows.”
Bob Barnes for WaPo:
The number of cases the justices have accepted has fallen, meaning that a docket that in recent years has been smaller than what is traditional is shrinking still.
The court has accepted only six cases… Continue reading
“Stricter Rules for Voter IDs Reshape Races”
Monday’s must-read just posted at the NY Times:
As the general election nears — in which new or strengthened voter ID laws will be in place in Texas and 14 other states for the first time in a presidential election… Continue reading
“Amicus: This Is Not Corruption”
Dahlia Lithwick talks to Nancy Gertner on the McDonnell case.