Monthly Archives: April 2018
Don Blankenship Refuses to Disclose Finances in Connection with Senate Run in West Va., Gets Attacked by McConnell Super PAC
NYT:
Mr. Blankenship offers no apology for his many contradictions and personal and business decisions, some of them previously undisclosed. Though he lives a baronial lifestyle thanks to a fortune built on coal scratched from West Virginia’s mountains, he says… Continue reading
Mick Mulaney Sold Access to Lobbyists as a Member of Congress (But Don’t Worry Because That’s Not Corruption According to Justice Kennedy)
NYT:
Mick Mulvaney, the interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, told banking industry executives and lobbyists on Tuesday that they should increase their campaign donations to influence lawmakers, revealing that he would meet only with lobbyists who contributed… Continue reading
What is An Injunction? The Texas Redistricting Case at the Supreme Court and a Way to Duck the Merits
It was somewhat of a surprise in September 2017 when the Supreme Court on a 5-4 vote blocked a three judge-court hearing an interminable Texas redistricting case from imposing final maps. The surprise came because the Court had not yet… Continue reading
Texas: “Judge dismisses GOP lawsuit that sought to remove dozens of Democrats from November ballot”
North Carolina: “GOP’s Woodhouse deposed, releases opposition research wish list”
WRAL:
A legal team for the state Democratic Party deposed the North Carolina Republican Party’s executive director for at least 90 minutes Monday morning.
Dallas Woodhouse said he answered some questions “out of respect to the courts,” declined to answer… Continue reading
Today’s Must-Read: TX: “White Judge Sentenced to Probation for Election Fraud in Same County Where Black Woman Received 5 Years”
The Root:
Right now, there is a black woman sitting in prison, reading about a Texas judge who was found guilty of the same crime she committed. She probably noticed that the judge was sentenced to five years’ probation in… Continue reading
“Colorado Republican congressman is kicked off primary ballot”
WaPo:
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) is pursuing legal action to keep his name on the June 26 primary ballot after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that hundreds of signatures on his candidate petitions were collected by people who did not… Continue reading
Ninth Circuit Motions Panel Refuses to Enjoin California Voting Rights Act, Pending Expedited Appeal
Order:
Filed order (RICHARD C. TALLMAN and MARY H. MURGUIA) Appellant Higginsons emergency motion for injunction pending appeal in 18-55455 (Docket Entry No. ) is denied. Appellants opposed request to expedite appeal No. 18-55455 is granted in part. The opening… Continue reading
BPC Making Elections Work Event on Friday
This looks very good:
Making Elections Work
KEYWORDS: PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON ELECTION ADMINISTRATION, VOTER REGISTRATION, LIVE NOW
WHEN: Friday, April 27, 2018 9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. ET
WHERE: Bipartisan Policy Center, 1225 Eye St NW, Suite 1000,… Continue reading
Does the Chief Justice or Justice Gorsuch Have the Majority Opinion in Gill v. Whitford, the Wisconsin Partisan Gerrymandering Case?
Tea leaf reading from my colleague Leah Litman:
https://twitter.com/LeahLitman/status/988783108194385920
Let me lay out a marker and say that if the Chief has it, I think he’s more likely to be the sixth vote to rein in partisan gerrymandering than the… Continue reading
Texas redistricting and the travel ban
(X-posted at Take Care.)
Two of the last SCOTUS mega-cases of the Term share a little something.
This morning, the Supreme Court hears argument in the Texas redistricting case. Tomorrow, the Court considers Trump’s travel ban. They’re both massive… Continue reading
“Election Emergencies: Voting in the Wake of Natural Disasters and Terrorist Attacks”
Michael Morley has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Emory Law Journal). Here is the abstract:
Our electoral system is vulnerable to terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and other calamities that can render polling places inaccessible, trigger mass evacuations, or disrupt… Continue reading