[EL] Electionlawblog news and commentary 11/22/10

"Election staff 'changed the rules,' Miller now argues "

The Alaska Dispatch offers this report, which begins: "Just hours after U.S. District Court Judge Ralph Beistline ruled Friday that Joe Miller's objections to the ballot-count methodology used by Alaska election staff was a matter for the state court to handle, Miller made another attempt to keep the feds in the game." Meanwhile, Miller is expected to file a challenge in state court today. In any case, it looks like due process is the argument he'll be pushing in both courts.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 08:14 AM

"K Street Mixers in the Age of Tea Party Purity"

Roll Call offers this report, which discusses in part Tea Partier attitudes toward lobbying. It is something I'll be addressing in my forthcoming draft on lobbying regulation, coming soon to SSRN.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 08:07 AM

"What the Secret Donors Want"

The NY Times offers this editorial.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 07:58 AM

Votes for Bristol Palin on "Dancing with the Stars" Conservative Payback for Years of Liberal Voter Fraud?

Sometimes I can't believe the era we live in.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 07:49 AM

"The 17th Amendment under attack; Conservatives want to do away with direct election of senators."

Tony Mauro reports for the National Law Journal.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 07:46 AM

"Charitable Quagmire: The Rangel affair points out that lawmakers who run charities are on thin ice."

Eliza's latest.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 07:42 AM

"Huckabee says ousting of Iowa judges historic move"

AP offers this report.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 07:37 AM

"Minn. election law: Clarity quickly chased by confusion: Minnesota's election law is as clear as it can be -- until advocates for each side start to muddy the waters."

The Star Tribune offers this report.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 08:56 PM

"A lobbyist's defense of earmarks: They make the government work"

Mark Greenberg has written this WaPo oped.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 07:27 PM

"Romney, Weighing Run, Leans on State PACs"

The NY Times offers this report.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 05:52 PM

"Natives' super PAC meant new boost for Murkowski campaign"

The Anchorage Daily News offers this report.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 05:30 PM

"United States Government Files Brief in U.S. Supreme Court in Lawsuit over Size of U.S. House"

See here.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 05:24 PM

Harvard Law Review Supreme Court Issue Now Available

The must-read issue includes Heather Gerken's Foreword, Federalism All the Way Down, comments on Citizens United from Lucian Bebchuk and Robert H. Jackson, Jr., Sam Issacharoff, and Kathleen Sullivan, and this student entry on Doe v. Reed.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 05:19 PM

"Democrats strategists ready to take page from GOP playbook in 2012"

WaPo offers this report.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 04:41 PM

"My Florida Recount Memory"

The NY Times collects some reminiscences of the Florida controversy. The ten year anniversary of Bush v. Gore is Dec. 12. I had been planning some similar collections, but we'll see how things go on that now that the Times has published this.

Posted by Rick Hasen at 04:38 PM

November 22, 2010