Monthly Archives: September 2016
“From Russia With Trump: A Political Conflict Zone”
ABC News investigative report:
Donald Trump and his children have for years promoted themselves and their real estate opportunities in Russia and other former Soviet states, and ethics experts say if he is elected President the get-tough U.S. sanctions against… Continue reading
“Campaign mega-donors spill on why they open their wallets”
Dave Levinthal on the excellent panel he ran at the Texas Tribune Festival:
A small group of campaign super-donors agreed that the campaign finance system in the U.S. needs reform, but said in the meantime, they are following the rules… Continue reading
“Justice Kennedy Laments ‘Hostile, Fractious’ U.S. Politics”
NLJ:
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy decried the current state of political discourse on Friday, telling an audience at the International Bar Association conference in Washington that the country’s divisions had reverberations around the globe.
“The verdict on freedom… Continue reading
“Texas Asks Supreme Court To Save Voter ID Law After Election”
AP:
Texas is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to restore its newly weakened voter ID law but not until after the November election.
Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the request Friday, two months after a federal appeals court ruled… Continue reading
“CBS4 Investigation Finds Dead Voters Casting Ballots In Colorado”
CBS4:
A CBS4 investigation has found multiple cases of dead men and women voting in Colorado months and in some cases years after their deaths, a revelation that calls into question safeguards designed to prevent such occurrences….
One of the… Continue reading
“Elite ‘bundlers’ raise more than $113 million for Hillary Clinton”
Michael Beckel reports for CPI.
“Reforming the Contested Convention: Rethinking the Presidential Nomination Process”
Michael Morley has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Fordham Law Review). Here is the abstract:
The presidential nomination process used by the Democrat and Republican Parties is an ill-considered, unstable pastiche of competing components that generally operate in fundamentally… Continue reading
“How many were removed from Ohio’s voter rolls? It’s a mess”
Extensive Cincinnati Enquirer report:
While nearly every county was happy to discuss what local officials call the “voter purge” process, the records they provided were a morass of half-kept data and confusing spikes in removed voters. And the numbers… Continue reading
“Federal court says Ohio’s system for purging voters violates federal law”
Cleveland.com:
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Fridaythat Ohio’s reliance on lack of voting activity as a trigger for purging people from the voting rolls violates federal law.
In a 2-1 opinion, the appellate court reversed… Continue reading
Off to Austin for Texas Tribune Festival #TTF
Looking forward to speaking on a “Voting Rights and Wrongs” panel Saturday.
“4th Circuit judges weigh Virginia voter ID with N.C. case in mind”
Daily Press:
U.S. Court of Appeals panel wrestled here Thursday over how to treat Virginia’s voter ID law following a circuit decision that nullified a similar law in North Carolina.
That decision was made by a different three-judge panel on… Continue reading
“O’Donnell Illegally Used Campaign Money for Rent, Court Rules”
Bloomberg BNA:
Former Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell illegally used campaign funds to pay her rent and utilities in 2010 and 2011, a federal court in Wilmington, Del., ruled (Federal Election Commission v. O’Donnell, D. Del., No. 15-17,… Continue reading
“Top Nonprofit Advocate Meredith McGehee Joins Issue One”
Release:
Issue One is pleased to announce that leading ethics advocate Meredith McGehee will join Issue One as Chief of Policy, Programs and Strategy on October 3. McGehee will lead Issue One’s advocacy efforts to reinvigorate our democratic system. She… Continue reading