Monthly Archives: May 2018
“Long Island Officials Traded Favors for Watches and Limo Rides, Prosecutors Say”
NYT:
The scheme, as outlined by federal prosecutors, was audacious. Top officials in Nassau County used political clout to help a restaurateur obtain county contracts and millions of dollars in loans. In return, the restaurateur was said to have showered… Continue reading
“From Idea to Implementation: A Ranked Choice Voting and Voting Systems Symposium.”
Announcement via email:
Recently the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center hosted “From Idea to Implementation: A Ranked Choice Voting and Voting Systems Symposium.” Recordings of the live broadcasts and post-symposium Q&A documents (including links to the handouts and additional materials)… Continue reading
New Hampshire: “Court could decline Gov. Sununu’s request to give advisory opinion on new election law”
Union-Leader:
Gov. Chris Sununu is preparing to ask the state Supreme Court for an advisory opinion on a controversial new election law, but the court has dodged such questions in the recent past.
The governor announced on Tuesday that he… Continue reading
“Mexican national indicted for illegal voting in Harris County”
Houston Chronicle:
A Mexican citizen accused of voting in three different elections in Texas has been indicted on two counts of election fraud linked to the November 2016 presidential election.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton vowed to prosecute the case,… Continue reading
Gorsuch-Backing, Garland-Fighting “Judicial Crisis Network” Conduit for Large, Anonymous Donation to Trump Inaugural Committee
It‘s not just the Federalist Society. Turns out that the group with big, dark money supporting the nomination of Justice Gorsuch and blocking Judge Garland was vehicle for giving large, unreported donation to Trump inaugural committee. Read the … Continue reading
Stanford Law School Event This Friday and Saturday: The Constitution and Political Parties
Really looking forward to this (though I can only stay for the first day).
View the schedule.
Utah: “‘It’s hearsay’: Navajo Democrat responds after San Juan County kicks him off the special election ballot”
“Will Missouri GOPers Be First To Pounce On Trump’s Census Citizenship Gambit?”
TPM:
State-level Republicans are pouncing on the Trump administration’s move to add a citizenship question to the Census as a way to boost their electoral advantage in the next round of redistricting.
Missouri Republicans last week advanced a measure that… Continue reading
“The Agnostic’s Guide to Judicial Selection”
James Sample, who does some of the best legal work on judicial selection mechanisms, has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming Depaul Law Review). Here is the abstract:
The vast majority of judicial selection discussions, whether in academia, on the… Continue reading
The Brazenness of Partisan Intent in the Court’s Gerrymandering Cases
A significant feature in these cases is the sheer brazenness with which critical legislators in the redistricting process across various states have been willing to blatantly proclaim their aggressive partisan objectives. In the previous major cases before the Court, from… Continue reading
“Distance, language can still pose challenge to Native American voting”
Cronkite News reports (h/t Doug Chapin).
Wisconsin: “Attorney General Brad Schimel concludes for the second time Project Veritas videos show no voter fraud by Dem activist”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
For the second time, GOP Attorney General Brad Schimel’s office has concluded there is no evidence a Democratic activist broke voting laws in the run-up to the 2016 election.
Schimel’s office first made that determination in January 2017,… Continue reading
Bob Bauer Leaving Perkins Coie
Whoa:
NEW … END OF AN ERA … BOB BAUER, long-time top Democratic political law expert, is leaving Perkins Coie. He has been with the law firm for more than 35 years. The former White House Counsel to President Barack… Continue reading