"Stay Splits Lawyers
Challenging BCRA" Roll Call offers this report
(registration required) about a split among the plaintiffs' lawyers on whether
or not it was apprpriate to seek a stay of the BCRA ruling of the lower court.
The article reports that James Bopp, one of the plaintiffs' lawyers, sent
out an angry e-mail lashing out at the NRA's decision to seek a stay. Here
is a bit from the article:
In an interview Tuesday,
Bopp complained that in pursuing a stay of Judge Leon’s rewritten definition
of electioneering communication, the NRA and McConnell’s lawyers were in
effect “making a deal with the devil” and one that may have grave implications.
“They had a Hobson’s choice. Like someone in a concentration camp, someone
has Hobson’s choices often, but what is the solution to that? To liberate
them from the concentration camp — that’s the solution,” Bopp said. “Not screw
me now or screw me later, which is exactly what we have now, but [a choice
which] protect our rights at all time.”
"Uphold Campaign Finance Reform The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
offers this
editorial.
"The Real Winner in the Campaign Finance Case John Samples offers
this commentary
at Fox News.
Federal law prohibiting
mid-decade state redistricting Roll Call reports in its Morning
Briefing (registration required) that "In light of the recent redistricting
standoff in the Texas state House, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) is hoping
more lawmakers will take a look at her bill, H.R. 2090, which seeks to limit
states’ post-census redistricting." Would Congress have the power to limit
post-census redistricting? I would be interested in hearing others' thoughts
on this issue.
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Rick Hasen
Professor of Law and William M. Rains Fellow
Loyola Law School
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