Moving with unusual speed, the Supreme Court on Monday set the stage for acting soon – probably on Friday – on the constitutional controversy over asking everyone living in America about their citizenship, as part of the 2020 census.Source: Supreme Court likely to act this week on census dispute...
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker swears he doesn’t want a super PAC supporting his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. But he’s finding out he doesn’t have much say in the matter.Source: Cory Booker Says He Doesn’t Want A Super PAC. He’s Getting One Anyway....
Democrats are taking another crack at killing a 2018 Treasury Department rule that makes it so some 501(c) tax-exempt nonprofits — including politically active 501(c)(4) “dark money” groups — don’t need to disclose donor names and addresses in tax returns submitted to the IRS.Source: Democrats make second attempt to overturn IRS rule that could encourage foreign ‘dark money’...
In her response to President Trump’s State of the Union address, Stacey Abrams went through some of the top issues for the Democratic Party. Health care. Climate change. Gun safety.Source: Ahead Of 2020 Election, Voting Rights Becomes A Key Issue For Democrats...
Every 10 years, the federal government conducts a census. The states then use the data from the census to draw new maps for their state legislatures and federal congressional districts. The maps often take politics into account – for example, to protect incumbents.Source: Justices to tackle partisan gerrymandering … again: In Plain English...
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Every major Democratic 2020 presidential campaign is following a simple strategy: spend money about rejecting money to make money.Source: Democratic presidential hopefuls flock to Facebook for campaign cash...
The Ninth Circuit has set out a briefing schedule for Citizens for Fair Representation v Padilla, 18-17458. The organizations and voters challenging the huge population of California legislative districts must file the opening brief by May 8. The state brief is then due June 7.Source: Ninth Circuit Sets Briefing Schedule for Case Challenging Huge Size of California Legislative Districts...
This is the second of two posts raising potential constitutional flaws in California’s recently adopted “Top Two” primary system.Source: Primaries and Parties: Fusion Confusion?...
Utah State Senator Curtis Bramble (R-Provo) and Representative Patrice Arent (D-Salt Lake City) have introduced HB 259, which would repeal the straight-ticket device. Senator Bramble has been in the Utah Senate since 2000. Thanks to Steve Goodale for this news.Source: Utah Bill to Eliminate Straight-Ticket Device...
Escalating one of the investigations into President Trump’s inaugural committee, federal prosecutors ordered on Monday that its officials turn over documents about donors, finances and activities, according to two people familiar with the inquiry.Source: Trump Inaugural Committee Ordered to Hand Over Documents to Federal Investigators...
