Politics Law

Supreme Court Montana Ruling: Forcing Politics to Depend on Money – policymic.com

For Harvard Law School professor Lawrence … short-circuiting apparent legal safeguards against coordination. In his book, Lessig mostly protests a more traditional brand of dollar-politics: lobbying. He chastises the “gift economy” that has been …

Kim Dotcom taunts US law enforcement via Twitter – Ars Technica

The tweet storm comes amid a new round of legal wrangling in Dotcom’s federal case in Virginia. His defense team, lead by Ira Rothken, filed a rebuttal (.pdf) in an ongoing fight over the personal liability of Dotcom and the … Continue reading

Schickel plans to pursue Arizona-style law immigration law in next session – Cincinnati.com

John Schickel, R- Union, saw the Supreme Court’s ruling on Arizona’s immigration law as a vindication of the Arizona … Police could arrest those who couldn’t provide proof of legal residency. It didn’t pass in 2011, but Schickel …

Romney’s Evasive Stand on Ariz. Immigration Law – YAHOO!

Romney said at a debate in Arizona and sponsored by CNN that a different Arizona immigration law that … verify a worker’s legal status should be a model for the nation. But he has not specifically said if he supports … Continue reading

Arizona immigration law: Upheld sections will affect stops – AZCentral.com

Critics of the law fear that officers will rely too heavily on racial factors to make this determination. An officer cannot hold a suspect indefinitely to determine a suspect’s immigration status. A future legal challenge will likely determine …

Political Notebook: Legal group sues to get Florida justices off ballot – Naples Daily News

A conservative legal group filed a lawsuit Monday to block … The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled in April that federal law prohibiting public broadcasters from airing political or issue advertising is unconstitutional, even …

Political impact of Arizona law: Latinos nationwide feel it personally – Houston Chronicle

Here’s a key point to keep in mind when considering the political impact … people into “legal” and “illegal” immigrants —- especially in swing states. Latino voters viscerally feel the impact of the Arizona law and ones like it.

Cornell Legal, Political and Social Policy Experts Available to Talk on Florida v. HHS – Newswise

United States Department of Health and Human Services, a legal and political lightning rod that … Several Cornell University scholars – in fields ranging from constitutional law and presidential politics to how people make health care choices …

An Unpopular Law is Easier to Strike Down – Atlantic Online

Overturning an enormously important and duly enacted law on a legal technicality–which is what objections … it would make further mockery of the Court’s claim to be above politics. Again, to be sure, the law’s unpopularity is important, because the … Continue reading

State immigration law challenges to move forward – Marketplace.publicradio.org

“If nothing else, (the high court ruling) just reinforces the unconstitutionality of the Indiana law,” said Ken Falk, legal director of the ACLU of Indiana. In Utah, Attorney General Mark Shurtleff called the Supreme Court ruling a win …