To the surprise of Supreme Court observers and election lawyers, on Friday the Supreme Court agreed to hear a second political gerrymandering case this term, this time out of Maryland: In October, the justices heard oral argument in a challenge to the redistricting plan passed by Wisconsin’s RepubSource: Supreme Court Grants Cert in Maryland Redistricting Case...
The Institute for Free Speech[1] writes in support of repeal of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Form 990, Schedule B requirement.Source: Letter in Support of Repeal of the Internal Revenue Service’s Form 990, Schedule B...
Since the creation in the 1970s of the modern, primary-election dominated process for nominating presidential candidates, there has been little scholarly or public commentary devoted to large-scale re-assessments of that system or consideration of major structural changes to it.Source: Reforming the Presidential Nomination Process...
NEW ORLEANS — State officials and the minority rights groups suing Texas over its strict voter identification restrictions are headed back to court. A three-judge panel of the U.S.Source: Texas heads back to federal appeals court in long-winding voter ID fight...
The Boulder District Attorney's Office has concluded that New Era Colorado did not violate any election laws in offering rides to the polls and slices of pizza to prospective voters at the University of Colorado last month.Source: No quid pro quo in New Era Colorado's free pizza and rides to the polls, Boulder DA rules...
Update: This story has been updated to clarify Facebook’s ad-review process. In September, an ad with the headline, “New Approval Ratings For President Trump Announced And It’s Not Going The Way You Think,” targeted Facebook users in the U.S.Source: Facebook Allowed Political Ads That Were Actually Scams and Malware...
President Trump led an aggressive charge Monday on behalf of embattled Senate nominee Roy Moore, with the Republican National Committee rejoining Moore’s side in Alabama weeks after cutting ties with him following allegations of sexual misconduct.Source: RNC to support Roy Moore in Senate race in Alabama, weeks after cutting ties with his campaign...
If you spend too many days at academic conferences — admittedly an occupational hazard if you are a professor — inevitably you will hear this phrase: “That problem is a feature and not a bug.Source: Congress could hardwire dark money into our democracy...
During the time-honored tradition of contentious political discussions at the Thanksgiving dinner table, one of your relatives may have mentioned the amount of money ($6.4 Billion) spent in the 2016 election cycle, asserting that there is “too much money in politics.Source: Let’s Talk Turkey: Comparing 2016 Election and Thanksgiving Spending...
Revelations last month that the Clinton campaign’s joint fundraising agreement with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) fueled accusations that the primary was “rigged.”The agreement was certainly problematic.Source: How the GOP Senate Could Supercharge Clinton-Style Joint Fundraising Committees...
