"The Perils of Pingree" The Wall Street Journal
offers this
editorial, on controversy surrounding the new president of Common Cause.
(Thanks to Steven Sholk for the pointer.)
More speculation on Rehnquist retirement and BCRA
From this
article in the Wall Street Journal:
The possibility of a Rehnquist resignation also has set off a guessing game
about the outcome of the extensive campaign-finance law enacted last year.
The Supreme Court, whose term doesn't begin until October, has agreed to
expedite the case by convening in September to hear arguments. This action,
of course, has fed speculation that the chief justice doesn't plan to leave.
Jan Baran, an lawyer specializing in election issues, says proponents of
the new law hope to win Chief Justice Rehnquist's vote. Indeed, Mr. Ornstein,
who headed a working group that helped shape the law, says the bill "is designed
to try to fit within the framework that Rehnquist embraced" in a number of
campaign-finance cases the court has heard over the years.
But will Chief Justice Rehnquist be presiding when the case is decided? Washington
is still feverishly trying to find out the answer to that one.
UPDATE: See Howard
Bashman's monthly appellate column, also discussing how BCRA may affect
the nomination process.
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Loyola Law School
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