CHICAGO — Democratic Party officials, after a yearslong battle between warring ideological wings, have agreed to sharply reduce the influence of the top political insiders known as superdelegates in the presidential nomination process.Source: Democrats Overhaul Controversial Superdelegate System...
SALT LAKE CITY — A citizens' initiative to maintain Utah's dual-track system for nominating candidates for political office won't be on the November election ballot.Source: Utah Supreme Court denies place on November ballot for Count My Vote initiative...
Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges they illegally used $250,000 of campaign funds for personal expenses, a development that could cost the GOP his California seat -- but Hunter claims the charges are politically motivated.Source: Rep. Duncan Hunter pleads not guilty, claims indictment 'politically motivated'...
Good morning. A good deal of thought went into the top-two nonpartisan primary system that was approved by California voters in 2010. It passed with the support of some high-profile politicians (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and no shortage of academics.Source: California Today: An Indictment Reveals a Pitfall in the Top-Two Primary System...
While the odds are low for any case to be heard by the Supreme Court, the request by the court for a response statistically changes the likelihood from 3.5% to 17%.Source: Austin's Campaign Finance Restriction Could Reach Supreme Court - Texas Scorecard...
Local newspapers, including The Washington Post and The Baltimore Sun, filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new Maryland law intended to make political advertising more transparent and prevent foreign meddling in U.S. elections.Source: Why Newsrooms Are Challenging Maryland's Online Ad Law...
No sooner had Michael Cohen pleaded guilty than a Democrat lawmaker called for a new investigation to determine if President Donald Trump committed a crime. Rep.Source: Fmr head of the FEC blows up media narrative that Trump broke the law, by referring to the actual law...
Tonight Mark Levin cut through all of the Cohen guilty plea propaganda and explained why, from a legal perspective, Cohen’s guilty plea will have no impact on Trump and why the charges against Cohen regarding the ‘hush money’ payoffs aren’t really FEC violations.Source: Mark Levin cuts through the propaganda on ‘sleazeball’ Michael Cohen’s guilty pleas and Trump; ALSO interview with...
The couple is accused of misusing campaign funds for vacations, dentistry and other personal expenses. A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted California GOP Rep.Source: GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter and wife indicted on charges of misusing campaign funds...
Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former fixer, made the extraordinary admission in court on Tuesday that he had arranged payments to two women at Mr. Trump’s behest to secure their silence about affairs they said they had with him. Mr.Source: Michael Cohen Says He Arranged Payments to Women at Trump’s Direction...
