Automatic voter registration laws have been deemed a success in other states, but will the governor allow it? While some states seem to be taking a cue from the White House with new proposals for stricter measures to combat the myth of voter fraud, Nevada Democrats are on the verge of adopting a criSource: Nevada Democrats poised to implement automatic...
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The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee says she is impressed with President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court. California Sen. Dianne Feinstein met with Judge Neil Gorsuch on Monday.Source: Dianne Feinstein says of Neil Gorsuch that she's impressed...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that his concerns about Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch deepened after they met privately.Source: Schumer Says Gorsuch Avoided His Questions ‘Like the Plague’...
This post covers two First Amendment retaliation cases by Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch. Judge Gorsuch writes one opinion and joins another in cases constrained by precedent. Casey v. West Las Vegas Ind. School Dist.Source: Gorsuch Follows Precedent in Two Retaliation Cases...
FEC Commissioner Ravel came to town with every intention to make change and left in a state of disillusionment. She aspired to build fences and ran into a wall: The Republicans had no interest in cooperating in a progressive reform program, not even bringing “dark money” into the light.Source: Commissioner Ravel's Departure-and the Virtues of Deadlock -...
The ad, from the liberal Constitutional Responsibility Project, is the latest salvo in the battle over the Supreme Court nominee. By | Staff Writer Feb. 17, 2017, at 9:38 a.m.Source: New Ad Portrays Neil Gorsuch as ‘Wall Street’s Best Friend’...
When Don McGahn first arrived at the Federal Election Commission in July 2008 as a shaggy haired, guitar-playing campaign finance lawyer, his casual appearance masked his carefully crafted plans for the sleepy agency charged with regulating campaign finance.Source: ‘He’s Going to Be an Enabler’...
WASHINGTON — Priorities USA, the main political action committee behind Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, is rolling out a series of digital ads in an early attempt to target potentially vulnerable members of the GOP ahead of the 2018 midterms elections.Source: Former Clinton super PAC begins targeting vulnerable GOP members of Congress...
On February 21, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Sarvis v Alcorn, 16-781. The lower court had upheld Virginia’s law that says the nominees of qualified parties always appear at the top of the general election ballot. The Virginia Libertarian Party had brought the case.Source: U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Hear Virginia Case on Order of Candidates on Ballots...
