Monthly Archives: May 2017
“White House Backs Down on Keeping Ethics Waivers Secret”
Eric Lipton for the NYT:
The White House unexpectedly backed down Friday in a confrontation with the government’s top ethics officer, announcing it will publicly disclose waivers that have been quietly handed out since January to let certain former lobbyists… Continue reading
WaPo Fact Checker Gives Sen. Tammy Baldwin 3 Pinocchios for Claims WI Voter ID Depressed Turnout by 200,000 Votes
And Kobach gets 2 Pinocchios for his claim about turnout and voting laws.
“Kobach ‘Voter Fraud’ Commission Gets Fast Thumbs Down”
Miles Rapoport for TAP:
But, after the initial flurry of responses, a strategy for the longer haul is needed.
First, an aggressive communications offensive is required to counter the Commission’s biases and preconceived notions. ReThink Media and other organizations are… Continue reading
“North Carolina’s battle over voting rights intensifies”
“Local Democracy on the Ballot”
Josh Douglas in NULR Online:
In this Essay, Joshua A. Douglas highlights how local voter-backed initiatives can play a significant role in dictating voting rights and election rules. The Essay provides courts with a test to employ when facing an… Continue reading
“The Price of Power: How Political Parties Squeeze Influential Lawmakers to Boost their Campaign Coffers”
Issue One:
A new report from Issue One called “The Price of Power” details how the chairs and ranking members of the most influential committees in the U.S. House of Representatives are increasingly being pressured by party leadership to funnel… Continue reading
“Supreme Court’s next step on gerrymandering could be its biggest yet”
Ariane de Vogue for CNN.
“Rebuked Twice by Supreme Court, North Carolina Republicans Are Unabashed”
NY Times:
In Washington, efforts by this state’s Republicans to cement their political dominance have taken a drubbing this month. On May 15, the Supreme Court struck down a North Carolina elections law that a federal appeals court said had… Continue reading
Breaking: Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Ohio Motor-Voter Case; Remands NC Redistricting Case
(Apologies for the delay, as ELB was down this morning.)
After being relisted only once, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Husted v. A.Philip Randolph Institute from the Sixth Circuit. The question presented is: “Whether 52 U.S.C. § 20507… Continue reading
What are all these NC redistricting cases?
There are a bunch of North Carolina redistricting cases stacked up at the moment. A few of these are in front of the Supreme Court, and could move as early as Tuesday. Since we just had a North Carolina redistricting… Continue reading
Programming Note
ELB will be back Tuesday, May 30.
Have a safe, relaxing, and meaningful Memorial Day!
“New York Developer Pleaded Guilty in Voter-Fraud Conspiracy”
WSJ on the latest in the Bloomingburg saga:
Prosecutors said Mr. Nakdimen and his associates falsely registered voters to overcome local opposition to their 396-unit townhouse project in the tiny Catskills village of Bloomingburg. The developers anticipated making hundreds of… Continue reading
Republican TX Congressional Delegation Afraid of Map to Be Drawn by Court in Redistricting Litigation
Texas Tribune:
There are few things that strike more fear into the heart of a member of Congress than the word “redistricting.”
That proved particularly true this week among Texas Republicans in Washington, thanks to a recent court ruling that… Continue reading