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One forbids the use of campaign funds to pay for a candidate’s legal expenses if they’re not campaign-related. Others created election clerk education programs and permitted Michiganders overseas in the military or as civilians to vote in state …

Snyder signed several other election bills into law. They covered documentation of campaign funding, court monitoring of voter status and prohibitions on using campaign funds to pay legal expenses not related to running for office.

The Supreme Court lawsuit isn’t the end of the legal challenges to the health care law — and the next ones just might help Republicans keep pushing their favorite political hot buttons. The next wave of lawsuits likely wouldn’t put … Continue reading →

The Supreme Court lawsuit isn’t the end of the legal challenges to the health care law — and the next ones just might help Republicans keep pushing their favorite political hot buttons. The next wave of lawsuits likely wouldn’t put … Continue reading →

The conservatives’ about-face echoes the experience of liberals who initially feared that the Commerce Clause was the healthcare law’s ticking time bomb, which could unleash legal attacks on both existing and future legislation. Instead …

The conservatives’ about-face echoes the experience of liberals who initially feared that the Commerce Clause was the healthcare law’s ticking time bomb, which could unleash legal attacks on both existing and future legislation. Instead …

“The fact that this decision was apparently political, rather than legal, completely undermines its legitimacy as a precedent,” said Georgetown University law professor Randy Barnett, an architect of the legal attack on the Affordable Care Act. “If Roberts …

It previously had reduced the allowance for those who receive food stamps — a move that welfare advocates and legal experts said was in … or find that the policy does violate state law, forcing the agency to pay for … Continue reading →

“The fact that this decision was apparently political, rather than legal, completely undermines its legitimacy as a precedent,” said Georgetown University law professor Randy Barnett, an architect of the legal attack on the Affordable Care Act. “If Roberts …

(AP) — California would become the first state to write into law much of the national mortgage settlement … Now he and his family owe $466,000 — including the bank’s legal fees — on a home he said is worth … Continue reading →