I was in meetings for much of the day and just got around to reading the California Supreme Court’s unanimous decision (with one concurring Justice writing separately) in Patterson v. Padilla. The state high court holds that it violates a… Continue reading
LAT:
President Trump may appear on California’s primary ballot without having to disclose his tax returns, the state’s highest court decided Thursday.
In a unanimous ruling, the California Supreme Court said the requirement that presidential candidates must disclose their tax… Continue reading
NYT reports.
During the debate Sen. Cory Booker stated: “Right here in this great state of Georgia it was the voter suppression, particularly of African-American communities, that prevented us from having a Gov. Stacey Abrams right now. “
Politifact:… Continue reading
AP:
Nebraska is the first state to publicly acknowledge it will share drivers’ license records with the U.S. Census Bureau as the federal agency tries to comply with President Donald Trump’s order to count the number of U.S. citizens.The Associated… Continue reading
WSJ:Alphabet Inc.’s Google said Wednesday it plans to stop allowing highly targeted political ads on its platform, further fragmenting the rules being set by Silicon Valley tech giants for guarding against misinformation.Google will roll out the ban within a… Continue reading
Steve Weissman oped:
By reversing his long-held opposition to accepting assistance from super PACs — independent political groups turbocharged by unlimited contributions from well-heeled donors — Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden is wounding American democracy and jeopardizing his political… Continue reading
WaPo:
Ambassador Gordon Sondland testified Wednesday more bluntly than he had before that President Trump and his personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, sought to condition a White House invite for Ukraine’s new president to demands that his country publicly launch… Continue reading