03 Oct

Before oral argument I explained that the vote in Gill v. Whitford is likely to come down to Justice Kennedy, with the Court’s four liberal Justices voting to rein in partisan gerrymandering and the four conservatives voting against it.Source: With Justice Kennedy Seriously Considering Being the 5th Vote to Rein in Partisan Gerrymandering, The Chief Justice Worries About the Political Thicket...

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03 Oct

SAN FRANCISCO — Russian operatives set up an array of misleading Web sites and social media pages to identify American voters susceptible to propaganda, then used a powerful Facebook tool to repeatedly send them messages designed to influence their political behavior, say people familiar with theSource: Russians took a page from corporate America by using Facebook tool to ID and...

21:40 / Campaign Finance / Technology / vblog
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02 Oct

On Tuesday, October 3, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in one of the most important cases of the term, Gill v. Whitford. The primary issue in Gill is whether partisan gerrymandering can be challenged in court at all and, if so, when is such gerrymandering unconstitutional.Source: Gerrymandering the Constitution: More than statehouse politics at risk...

06:09 / Gerrymandering / vblog
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02 Oct

On Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a major new case about partisan gerrymandering. The case began just days after the Nov. 8 election, when a federal court struck down a Republican-drawn legislative map in Wisconsin for being too partisan.Source: Everything you need to know about the Supreme Court’s big gerrymandering case...

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02 Oct

WASHINGTON — The sweeping tax rewrite unveiled by President Trump and Republican lawmakers this past week leaves many of the details to Congress, but two sentences in the nine-page framework have Washington lobbyists salivating over a payday that some industry experts predict could top $1 billion.Source: How Two Sentences in Tax Plan May Help Unleash $1 Billion in Lobbying...

06:09 / lobbying / vblog
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