The Sixth Circuit web page lets anyone listen to recent oral arguments. Here is a link to the 35-minute argument in George v Hargett, 16-5563. This is the case over whether a 2014 amendment to the Tennessee Constitution passed.Source: Listen to Sixth Circuit Oral Argument in George v Hargett at This Link...
Although Russian hackers are reported to have tried to disrupt the November election with attacks on the voting systems of 39 states, the consensus of the intelligence community is that they were probably unsuccessful in their efforts to delete and alter voter data.Source: To Protect Voting, Use Open-Source Software...
Husted is running against Renacci for the GOP nomination for governor. Current Ohio Gov. John Kasich's (R) term expires in 2019. Source: Report: Ohio rep gives illegal donation to his own gubernatorial campaign...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators are bucking President Donald Trump's calls to revive the health care debate. And Trump just ousted his only top White House aide with deep links to the Republican Party. But the president and his party won't be calling it quits any time soon.Source: Trump's fundraising prowess keeps Republican Party close...
Care about freedom of the press? Support independent investigative journalism.Source: Comeback for 'legalized money laundering' in party politics?...
For years, the Left has screamed that money and speech are not one and the same. Last year, Hillary Clinton promised a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and declared an anti-speech litmus test for Supreme Court appointments if she was elected. Thankfully, she wasn’t.Source: The Left Insisted That 'Money Isn't Speech' - Until Donald Trump Jr. Met With the Russian Lawyer...
Elected state officials in California ask special interests to donate millions of dollars annually to their favorite charities. Now residents can get a clearer picture of who is asking, who is giving and who is getting the money.Source: New site shows which California elected officials ask special interests to donate to their favored charities...
With a real threat of antitrust and privacy regulation on the horizon, Google is on track to become this year’s top corporate lobbying spender in the US 07.00 EDT Last modified on Sunday 30 July 2017 17.Source: Why is Google spending record sums on lobbying Washington?...
Baby Boomers and other older Americans are no longer the majority of voters in U.S. presidential elections. Millennials and Generation Xers cast 69.6 million votes in the 2016 general election, a slight majority of the 137.Source: Millennials and Gen Xers outvoted Boomers and older generations in 2016 election...
A federal judge will hear arguments Tuesday over whether a Watergate-era law prohibiting the government from collecting data on how Americans exercise their First Amendment rights bars President Trump’s Election Integrity Commission from American’s voting records. U.S. District Judge Royce C.Source: U.S. judge set to hear new challenge to Trump voter commission Tuesday...
