Monthly Archives: November 2016
“Drain the Swamp, Indeed: Ethics Reform and the Next Administration”
“Illinois advances effort to automatically register two million voters”
“Trump Team Sets Broader Limits on Lobbying by Former Staff”
NYT reports:
Mr. Trump’s lobbying ban will require administration members to agree that they will not lobby the federal government for five years after they leave service. Federal lobbying bans now last generally for one or two years, depending… Continue reading
“Republicans plan to ‘drain the swamp’ by gutting campaign finance laws”
“Issa seeks to challenge ballots in close race”
San Diego Union-Tribune:
Rep. Darrell Issa said in a fundraising appeal Wednesday that he is mounting an effort to challenge the legality of some ballots still being counted in his tight re-election race .
Issa said that he leads Democrat… Continue reading
“Viral Fake Election News Outperformed Real News On Facebook In Final Months Of The US Election”
BuzzFeed:
In the final three months of the US presidential campaign, the top-performing fake election news stories on Facebook generated more engagement than the top stories from major news outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post,… Continue reading
“What’s next in sorting out close NC elections?”
“Richard Briffault: The “faithless” elector”
Over at Medium, posted by Lessig.
“Rethinking Presidential Eligibility”
Gene Mazo has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Fordham Law Review). Here is the abstract:
Throughout American history, several aspiring presidents have had their candidacies challenged for failing to meet the Constitution’s eligibility requirements. These challenges began in the… Continue reading
“Bladen County votes scrutinized”; Implications for NCGOV?
News and Observer:
A protest has been filed in Bladen County alleging that a handful of people may have improperly submitted hundreds of absentee ballots, while also getting paid for get-out-the-vote efforts by a community group funded by the N.C.… Continue reading
“Social Media’s Globe-Shaking Power”
Must-read Farhad Manjoo NYT:
On Monday, both Google and Facebook altered their advertising policies to explicitly prohibit sites that traffic in fake news from making money off lies. That’s very likely a worthwhile fix, even if it comes too late.… Continue reading
Sen. Feinstein Will Be Ranking Minority Member of Senate Judiciary Committee
And that is going to be a very important committee in the next few years.
“The Republican blueprint for Supreme Court nominations”
Joan Biskupic:
For the past 35 years, Republican presidents have favored Supreme Court nominees who were young, tested and politically connected.
Adam Liptak: Trump’s Supreme Court List: Ivy League? Out. The Heartland? In.