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Texas Lawyer

Judicial, State Rep. Candidates Deny Allegations in Election Contests

All candidates are defending against election contests in which their defeated opponents sued for a new Hidalgo County Democratic primary, alleging that "illegal votes" were counted and changed the outcomes of their elections.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Editorial: Campaign Finance Ruling A Boon For New Robber Barons

By | April 09, 2014
In October 1902, in the midst of a months-long strike by the United Mine Workers Union, the coal operators' representative, George Baer, flatly refused to meet with the UMW's president, John Mitchell. Baer said that Mitchell was "only a common coal-miner, who worked with his hands for 15 years, and was now a labor agitator."
5 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Federal Court Curbs Law Requiring Advocacy Group Donor Disclosure

A federal court has stopped enforcement of a Delaware election law requiring third-party groups unaffiliated with political parties to disclose the source of their donations if they spend more than $500 in an election cycle.
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Supreme Court Brief

Two E-Books Reveal Behind-the-Scenes Lawyering in McCutcheon Case

The publication of not one but two e-books about the McCutcheon case, almost before the ink is dry on the court's ruling, is an undisputed first in Supreme Court historiography.
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Daily Business Review

Not Rap Fans? Self-Made Rap Video Doesn't Help Hopeful Win FIU Election

A rap video wasn't enough to upset the favorite in Florida International University's race for Student Bar Association president.
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Daily Business Review

Court Puts Brakes On Last-Minute Voter Purges

Ira Kurzban, an advocate of immigrant groups, said the Eleventh Circuit's ruling forces voter purges to take place 90 days in advance, "which gives people the opportunity to go to court and contest the alleged ineligibility."
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Mozilla Chief Resigns Over Stand on Same-Sex Marriage

Mozilla's chief executive officer is calling it quits after growing fallout from the news that he made political contributions in 2008 opposing same-sex marriage.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Grand Jury Calls On Forensic Audit of Voting Machines Used in Hidalgo Judicial Races

"The examinations will be done openly. They will not be done in secret," said Hidalgo County Criminal District Attorney René Guerra. "Experts will be asked to do this where everybody can observe, if they want to."
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Legislation Follows Supreme Court's Campaign Finance Ruling

Two lawmakers introduced a bill on Thursday that requires stricter reporting of political donors to the Federal Election Commission, a response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision this week striking limits on aggregate campaign contributions.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Legislation Follows Supreme Court's Campaign Finance Ruling

Two lawmakers introduced a bill on Thursday that requires stricter reporting of political donors to the Federal Election Commission, a response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision this week striking limits on aggregate campaign contributions.
3 minute read

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