As some at the Federal Election Commission seek to broaden the power of the agency, critics are arguing that it's beginning to look increasingly like the Internal Revenue Service under Lois Lerner, who has been accused of using her office for partisan purposes.Source: Is this woman the new Lois Lerner?...
Legal Talk Network producer Laurence Colletti interviews Benjamin Griffith, Robert Heath, Nancy Abudu, Tanya Clay House, and Nicole Austin-Hillery about election law at the 2015 American Bar Association Annual Meeting.Source: Election Law: Redistricting, Gerrymandering, and Civil Rights...
Donald Trump's business ventures have made him billions, but his latest money-making idea is a non-starter. In interviews this week, the bombastic presidential candidate is touting his ratings-grabbing popularity and suggesting he should be paid to show up for interviews.Source: Donald Trump's latest business idea: Get paid for interviews?...
Third, unlike in 2012, when Mitt Romney was the clear frontrunner and the only serious establishment presidential candidate, and all the pretenders were focused on destroying each other to emerge as his sole rival, this time there are multiple establishment candidates with no frontrunner, including Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Marco Rubio, John Kasich, and Chris Christie. And each has independent...
