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Court invalidates VA nomination laws

2 October, 2007 (15:46) | Uncategorized | By: soren

This is sort of interesting. In Virginia, incumbents are allowed to pick the process by which nominations for their seat are made. A part of that law was struck down. There is also no party registration. The 4th Circuit said that the law is unconstitutional, as applied, when the incumbent picks a primary as the [...]

Guns back on the agenda

4 September, 2007 (16:59) | Uncategorized | By: soren

Finally, the Republicans catch a break. SCOTUS will be considering and deciding a case on gun rights once the debate is focused on the nominees. This is no-lose for Republicans,

SCOTUS allows WI RTL ads

25 June, 2007 (11:32) | Uncategorized | By: soren

Today, the Supreme Court overruled a district and appellate court and allowed issue ads within the "window". Stated intelligibly, issue ads will not be regulated. However, it looks like a fairly narrow ruling:
The Court issued its fifth ruling of the day, concluding that a Wisconsin abortion rights group had a First Amendment right to aid [...]