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...
The U.S. Supreme Court is slated to tackle one of the most divisive issues in election law: partisan gerrymandering.Source: Gerrymandering has got to go. Here’s how....
(CNN) The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is crafting a new advisory on legal defense funds for the first time in 24 years, according to an official with knowledge of the plan.Source: Exclusive: OGE crafting a new advisory on legal defense funds...
WASHINGTON — Tom Price, the health and human services secretary, resigned under pressure on Friday after racking up at least $400,000 in travel bills for chartered flights and undermining President Trump’s promise to drain the swamp of a corrupt and entitled capital. Already in trouble with Mr.Source: Health Secretary Tom Price Resigns After Drawing Ire for Chartered Flights...
What a difference a week makes. On May 19, President Donald Trump took off in Air Force One for the Middle East and Europe.Source: Trump Acts Like a Competent, Conventional President Abroad, by Michael Barone...
Sam Bagenstos, in a fine amicus brief for former DOJ officials, makes a very strong textualist argument (along with other arguments) that Ohio’s voter purge process violates the plain meaning of the NVRA and HAVA.Source: Is Justice Gorsuch in Play in Ohio Voter Purge Case?...
Politics Trump admin furthers states' frustration over election hacking California, Wisconsin dispute DHS alerts Posted: Sep 30, 2017 06:23 AM MDT Updated: Sep 30, 2017 07:20 AM MDT CNN CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) - Tension between state election officials andSource: Trump admin furthers states' frustration over election hacking...
As California elections administrators, we feel it is important to clarify why we support Assembly Bill 840. (“Here’s how Jerry Brown can help protect vulnerable people, voting integrity and local control,” Editorials, Sept. 29.Source: Brown should help ensure election integrity by signing this bill...
Several anti-immigrant messages with an explicit pro-Trump slant are included among the 3,000 pieces of Russian-linked political content Facebook plans to turn over to Congressional investigators, ABC News has learned.Source: Russian-generated Facebook posts pushed Trump as 'only viable option'...
Governor Brown signed SB 568, which moves all of California’s partisan primaries from June to the first week in March, in midterm years as well as presidential years. The change is effective after 2018.Source: California’s Shift to a March Primary Likely Dooms Top-Two System...
