Monthly Archives: August 2016
“Inside the Conservative Push for States to Amend the Constitution”
Michael Wines at the NYT with an important, underreported story.
“Fellow Republicans still waiting for Trump’s promised cash”
AP:
Donald Trump portrays himself as an indispensable cash resource for fellow Republicans up and down the ballot.
But while Trump is pulling in donor checks, an Associated Press review of campaign finance filings shows most of his fellow Republicans… Continue reading
Chutzpah Dept
Shaun McCutcheon complaining that Democrats may have sold access to big donors.
He had to realize his litigation would only make that easier.
“Donald Trump Jacked Up His Campaign’s Trump Tower Rent Once Somebody Else Was Paying It”
S.V. Date for HuffPo.
Nearly quintupled.
“Emails reveal how foundation donors got access to Clinton and her close aides at State Dept.”
WaPo:
The crown prince of Bahrain, whose government gave more than $50,000 to the Clintons’ charity and who participated in its glitzy annual conference, wanted a last-minute meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
U2 rocker and philanthropist Bono,… Continue reading
“Williams-Yulee and the Anomaly of Campaign Finance Law”
Noah Lindell has posted this student comment on SSRN (forthcoming, Yale Law Journal). Here is the abstract:
The Supreme Court’s decision in Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar watered down First Amendment strict scrutiny analysis for judicial elections. The Court’s trend… Continue reading
Sad News: Bryon McKim
Election lawyer Bryron McKim has passed away.
Joe Burns: “Bryon was one of the great up and coming NY Republican election lawyers. Brilliant, talented and energetic. It’s a great loss to all of us in the field in NYS.”… Continue reading
Trump Again Threatens Voter Intimidation Methods
At an Ohio rally:
When Trump says” You know what I’m talking about?,” this is code for look out for black and brown people cheating.
Legal action should be taken to insure that the Trump campaign does not organize any… Continue reading
“Virginia Restores Right to Vote to Thousands of Ex-Felons”
“Election Law and Election Technology: What’s New; What’s Next”
Interesting event Sept. 28 in NYC.
“On 2nd try, Miami-Dade commissioners approve petition count”
Miami Herald:
Miami-Dade commissioners agreed Monday to start counting nearly 130,000 signatures tied to a proposed ballot item on new campaign-finance rules, but warned they still might kill the proposal over stern concerns raised by county lawyers.
The 9 to… Continue reading
“Ballot selfies are illegal, but this Bay Area legislator says they shouldn’t be”
LA Times:
A new bill sponsored by Assemblyman Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) would legalize so-called “ballot selfies” and allow citizens to share photos of themselves voting on social media.
“People are taking pictures of their dogs, they’re taking pictures… Continue reading
Breaking: 7th Circuit Denies Stay of Second WI Voting Decision Involving Early Voting Etc.
The 7th Circuit has just denied a request for a stay in the second voting case involving WI rollback of early voting etc.
This ruling is from the same panel that granted the stay in the affidavit voter id case… Continue reading