The Supreme Court will decide whether former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell was rightly convicted of corruption for his efforts on behalf of a businessman who bestowed money and gifts on the governor and his family.Source: Supreme Court will review corruption conviction of former Va. governor Robert McDonnell...
As America heads into another presidential election year in the midst of pitched battles over the right to vote, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law today released a six-part agenda to secure our elections from misconduct while maintaining fair access to the ballot.Source: New Paper: How to Protect Election Integrity Without Disenfranchising Voters...
Ted Cruz has spent years honing his debate strategy, in which he always tries to maintain a strong sense of control, no matter the question. | Getty Wolf Blitzer didn’t think Ted Cruz had sufficiently answered his question. Neither did Hugh Hewitt. Or Maria Bartiromo.Source: How Ted Cruz wins debates...
There’s more than meets the eye in the ongoing dustup over whether Ted Cruz is eligible to serve as president, which under the Constitution comes down to whether he’s a “natural born citizen” despite his 1970 Canadian birth.Source: Under Ted Cruz’s own logic, he’s ineligible for the White House...
Will Nevada matter in the presidential race? My heart says yes; my head says … maybe.Source: Why Nevada Matters in 2016: Jon Ralston...
Most of the heat is expected to be directed at Marco Rubio. | AP Photo CHARLESTON, S.C. – Establishment Republicans are bracing themselves for a circular firing squad as the 2016 GOP candidates gather here for Thursday's debate.Source: 5 things to watch in tonight’s GOP debate...
You know what it all comes down to?Source: Sen. Sanders Ties Health Care Reform to Campaign Finance Reform...
Trevor Potter -- a former Federal Election Commission chairman who served as Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) campaign legal counsel in 2008 -- told Bloomberg View that he doesn't think Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has as strong a case for his eligibility to be President as McCain did.Source: Ex-FEC Chair: Ted Cruz's Birth Issue Is A Closer Call Than John McCain's...
Last April, with the race for president still far away, President Obama used his speech at the annual White House Correspondents Assn. dinner to poke fun at some likely Republican contenders, needling Jeb Bush’s efforts to court Latinos and Ted Cruz’s denial of climate change.Source: Trump inspires unease in both parties, as State of the Union and its response make...
For many Americans these may seem like fundamental, if unfortunate, aspects of American elections. But the truth is that all of these things are very recent phenomena. Only a few years ago, there were no federal super PACs.Source: Five to Four...
