| Subject: [EL] Electionlawblog news and commentary 2/15/11 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 2/15/2011, 8:34 AM |
| To: Election Law |
Reply-to: "rick.hasen@lls.edu" |
See here
(via Richard
Winger). I think this one is fairly likely to be granted,
given (1) the Court majority's continued interest in the
deregulatory project; (2) the divide among the judges on the en
banc panel of the Fifth Circuit; and (3) the potentially
anti-party results of Citizens United, which the Court
majority might wish to remedy through loosening party limits
(something I and others have been predicting since the Court
decided CU).
Roll Call offers this
report.
State
of Arizona merits brief
Clean
Elections Institute merits brief
The Hill offers this
report, which begins: "More than a dozen of the lawmakers
from the 111th Congress who retired or were defeated last year
have already found new jobs at law and lobbying firms. Yet many
told The Hill that they have no plans to register as lobbyists."
The NY Times offers this
report.
AP offers this
report.
TPM offers this
report.