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12 Apr 2020, 9:01 pm
Seen in this perspective, requiring voters to risk their lives to cast votes is simply a more macabre version of a tried and tested GOP strategy.Do partisan politics also explain the division in the U.S. [read post]
10 Apr 2020, 2:53 pm
”Still, Scalia has made clear he is wary of taking an excessively lax approach to disbursing aid, an argument that he used to help win GOP support for recent legislation. [read post]
10 Apr 2020, 3:00 am
Trump, GOP Challenge Efforts to Make Voting Easier Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Greenwich Time – Elise Viebeck, Amy Gardner, and Michael Scherer (Washington Post) | Published: 4/4/2020 President Trump and a growing number of Republican leaders are aggressively challenging efforts to make voting easier as the coronavirus pandemic disrupts elections, accusing Democrats of opening the door to fraud – and, in some cases, admitting fears that expanded voting access could… [read post]
8 Apr 2020, 4:04 am
” At Vox, Ian Millhiser argues that “the Court’s decision in Republican suggests that the Supreme Court will give the GOP broad leeway in how US elections should be conducted. [read post]
7 Apr 2020, 11:06 am
” And at “Dorf on Law,” Eric Segall has a blog post titled “The GOP’s Decade-Long Efforts to Kill Voting Rights. [read post]
7 Apr 2020, 7:25 am
“Liberals recoil at SCOTUS’ Wisconsin primary decision; But GOP-appointed justices contend they are not passing broad judgment on virus-related election changes”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report. [read post]
6 Apr 2020, 1:19 pm
Such an approach to elections would immediately obviate the kind of all-out partisan warfare now occurring in Wisconsin and, many people fear, that is on the horizon and Donald Trump and his GOP minions will do almost literally whatever they think it will take to hang on to power in November. [read post]
6 Apr 2020, 5:37 am
Elections National: “Trump, GOP Challenge Efforts to Make Voting Easier Amid Coronavirus Pandemic” by Elise Viebeck, Amy Gardner, and Michael Scherer (Washington Post) for Greenwich Time Ohio: “Federal Judge Denies Voter Advocates’ Lawsuit to Change Ohio Primary Election” by Rick Rouan for Columbus Dispatch Ethics National: “Trump Calls Fired Watchdog in Impeachment Probe a ‘Disgrace’” by Mary Clare Jalonick and Deb Reichmann… [read post]
6 Apr 2020, 4:14 am
"It is more important than ever that we allow Wisconsinites to observe their individual faiths," Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and the other members of the Assembly GOP caucus wrote in a Friday letter to Evers. [read post]
5 Apr 2020, 3:38 pm
As a result, Evers signed an executive order on Friday, calling for a special session of the GOP-controlled state Legislature to consider his proposed changes to Tuesday’s election. [read post]
5 Apr 2020, 5:09 am
Beyond that, the governor’s office doesn’t want to expend all of its political capital in a fight over moving the election because it needs GOP legislative leaders to play ball on a broader coronavirus funding package.... [read post]
1 Apr 2020, 5:00 am
The attacks on civil liberties by the GOP drew even the most socially conservative Muslims to building coalitions with progressive, LGBTQ and women’s rights groups. [read post]
31 Mar 2020, 5:09 pm
The conservative movement and the Republican Party have sometimes been useful vehicles for marginally advancing, or at least preserving, classical liberal principles, but Vermeule's version of post-Trump conservatism and GOP would put an end to that. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 10:20 am
“GOP Plows Forward on Plans to Kill Obamacare, Pandemic Be Damned; Despite the virus hitting their states, attorneys general say they aren’t bending on the idea that the Affordable Care Act must go”: Sam Brodey of The Daily Beast has this report (subscription required for full access). [read post]
27 Mar 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal As Campaigns Move Online, America’s Chief Watchdog Isn’t Following Politico – Nancy Scola | Published: 3/23/2020 American electioneering has moved almost entirely online: voter townhalls are being replaced by digital meetups, campaign rallies are now streamed speeches, and donor one-on-ones are moving to FaceTime. [read post]
26 Mar 2020, 3:00 am
Campaign Finance National: “Supreme Court Rejects Keeping GOP Super PAC Donor Secret” by Kenneth Doyle for Bloomberg Government National: “Super PACs Step In to Attack Trump’s Coronavirus Response” by Nick Corasaniti for New York Times Maine: “Maine Expands Campaign Finance Laws About PACs in State” by Staff for AP News New Jersey: “Belmar Mayor, Three Council Members Repay Questioned Campaign Gifts After Dispute” by Ken Serrano for… [read post]
25 Mar 2020, 4:43 pm
Legislate in haste, repent at leisure. [read post]
24 Mar 2020, 2:16 pm
Second, that same effect will translate into mounting political pressure on GOP officeholders at the state and local level who might otherwise support these measures. [read post]
24 Mar 2020, 9:51 am
Times may be tough, but at least we have The Onion’s biting headlines: GOP Urges End Of Quarantine For Lifeless Bipedal Automatons That Make Economy Go Restless Trump Can’t Believe He Stuck Inside With Nothing To Do But Be President Coronavirus Forces Landlord To Cut Back On Taking Care Of Building From 1 To 0 Hours A Week Self-Isolated Woman Going So Crazy She’s Started Talking To Her Spouse …and my current favorite… Nation Close To Getting Videoconferencing… [read post]
23 Mar 2020, 5:22 pm
Senator Rand Paul may well have infected much of the Senate GOP Caucus over the past week. [read post]
