Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s proposals to curb what she calls “excessive” lobbying would face near-certain legal challenges, experts say. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo) If Sen.Source: Elizabeth Warren’s lobby tax may not hold up to legal scrutiny...
On October 1, California’s Secretary of State said he will appeal the October 1 decision that invalidated the new California law on tax returns and the ballot. Thanks to Steve Kamp and Thomas Jones for this news.Source: California Will Appeal Tax Returns-Ballot Case to Ninth Circuit...
On October 1, U.S. District Court Judge Morrison England issued a 24-page opinion, explaining why he had orally enjoined California’s new tax returns-ballot bill on September 19.Source: U.S. District Court Judge Explains Why He Enjoined the California Tax Returns-Ballot Law on September 19...
California's overzealousness could threaten its credibility in the many legitimate fights it is waging against Trump. Transgressing yet another norm, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump failed to release his tax returns during the 2016 election.Source: Trump vs. California: Democrats risk both legal and political defeat in battle over tax returns...
Throughout the 2000s, then–Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren wanted desperately to influence members of Congress. She wanted the government to enact stricter regulations on banks and home loans, and she vigorously advocated that policy.Source: Elizabeth Warren’s Anti-Corruption Proposal Would Silence Dissent...
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Independent voters will decide the election. Or better yet: Moderate voters will decide the election. Or, wait for it … If Democrats can move to the middle, they will win in 2020.Source: The Moderate Middle Is A Myth...
James Brooks at the Anchorage Daily News is reporting that the Alaska Republican Party state central committee has voted at a meeting this weekend to skip the presidential preference poll during next year's caucuses.Source: Alaska Republicans Scrap Presidential Preference Vote at 2020 Caucuses...
Skip to comments. We’re all used to seeing California throw its weight around, but its new law requiring a presidential candidate to provide five years of tax returns to be eligible to appear on a primary ballot is a new low.Source: Spakovsky and Canaparo:California can't pick who runs for president. New law just an attack on Trump...
SACRAMENTO — A California-based federal judge said today he intends to issue a preliminary injunction suspending a new state law that would require Donald Trump and other candidates to release their tax returns to appear on primary ballots.Source: Federal judge to suspend California law compelling Trump tax release...
Over the weekend it was reported that the Michigan Republican Party had made some changes to their delegate selection rules for the 2020 cycle. But this is a story that unsurprisingly, since it deals with rules changes, deserves some context.Source: Michigan Republicans Make Small Change to 2020 Delegate Allocation Rules...
