| Subject: news of the day 6/1/04 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 6/1/2004, 9:54 AM |
| To: "election-law@majordomo.lls.edu" <election-law@majordomo.lls.edu> |
Reply-to: rick.hasen@mail.lls.edu |
Following up on this post,
the Supreme Court once again failed to issue an order in the Colorado
redistricting case. In addition, Sam Hirsch writes: "On Friday, May 28,
the U.S. Supreme Court requested responses from the state
defendant-appellees to the five jurisdictional statements filed by
plaintiff-appellants in the Texas congressional redistricting case,
Session v. Perry. The responses are due on Monday, June 28. Reply
briefs will be filed this summer, and we would expect the Court either
to note probable jurisdiction or to summarily affirm the judgment below
this fall."
See this
Sacramento Bee column (Disclosure: I am a consultant for the
initiative's proponents).
The Hill offers this report,
which begins: "A crucial omission by the drafters of the new
campaign-finance law and the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC)
decision not to regulate 527 and other tax-exempt groups this year may
have opened the door for foreign nationals to contribute millions of
dollars that could influence the election, experts in campaign-finance
law say."
Ronald Eibensteiner, Chair of the Minnesota Republican Party, offers
this
commentary.
The Los Angeles Times offers this
report, with the following subhead: "He spends $1.56 million in a
bid that would mean fewer long terms, offer hope to his inmate son."
The Los Angeles Times offers this
report,
with the following subhead: "Amid record donations and little
oversight, more candidates and PACs become victims of embezzlement.
They'd rather not talk about it."
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