| Subject: Electionlawblog news and commentary 3/9/06 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 3/9/2006, 7:32 AM |
| To: election-law |
Dan Tokaji has the letter, and excellent analysis, here.
Roll Call offers this
report (paid subscription required), which begins: "Lou Fisher, a
35-year veteran of the Congressional Research Service who in recent
months spoke out against agency policies that he said advocated
neutrality and suppressed the analytical skills of researchers, learned
last week that he was being reassigned to another branch of the Library
of Congress. A CRS spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday that Fisher had been
reassigned to work in the Law Library of Congress under Law Librarian
Rubens Medina, but she said the agency would have no further comment on
Fisher, who joined CRS in the early 1970s and became one of the
agency’s top researchers specializing in separation of powers issues."
The Orange County Register offers this
report, which begins: "The California Democratic Party today filed
a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC)
requesting that they begin an immediate investigation into possible
violations by Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) of the McCain-Feingold
Act. The complaint stems from a large donor fundraising event with Sen.
McCain on behalf of Gov. Schwarzenegger scheduled for March 20, 2006 at
the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, where platinum sponsorships go
for $100,000. The complaint alleges that Senator McCain violated his
own federal campaign finance law which restricts federal officeholders
from taking part in such political fundraisers."
David Dill has posted this
commentary, originally appearing on Tompaine.com.
The Monterey Herald offers this
report.
A.P. offers this
report, which begins: " California Republican Party officials say
they've suspended their fee-based voter registration program while
prosecutors in San Bernardino county investigate whether people were
improperly signed up."
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