Importing Dishonesty to the Justice Department

Last week the DOJ Inspector General chided the Attorney General for perceptions of politicized law enforcement in the Voting Section and dishonesty across the DOJ.  With Pam Karlan and her history of documented dishonesty coming to the Civil Rights Division, the problem only grows worse. See also Ed Whelan at NRO on Karlan’s dishonest characterization of Supreme Court opinions. 

Much much more to follow in the days ahead.

Federal Judge sends voter citizenship verification case back to EAC

Wichita Public Radio reports: 

A judge in federal court in Wichita sent back, to federal election officials, a request by Kansas and Arizona to force changes to the national voter registration form on Friday.  Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has implemented citizenship requirements for new voters. The federal form only requires a sworn statement of citizenship. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren has instructed the U.S. Election Assistance Commission or EAC to make a final decision on the requests by the two states but he kept control of the lawsuit. The EAC has no current commissioners.

Arizona Supreme Court lifts campaign finance limits

Out of Arizona:  the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that political candidates can accept much larger sums of money from donors. In a brief order, the justices said the Republican-controlled Legislature was within its legal right to decide that contenders both statewide and legislative office can take up to $4,000 from individuals and political action committees. The current limit is $440 for legislative candidates and $912 for those seeking statewide office.

Pro free-speech trend in campaign finance continues…


Any efforts to deregulate contribution and spending limits will surely be complicated by a revisiting of recent battles over the Disclose Act, which failed on partisan lines in response to the Citizens United ruling.  



While those who favor campaign regulation have won victories on the disclosure front in recent years, other trends have been decidedly in the deregulatory direction. All signs indicate that this trend will continue.  



link to column at Campaigns & Elections Magazine.

The Cult of Democratic Party Voter Fraud

Fund takes us back to San Fran in the seventies:

“Jones basked in the glow of praise his People’s Temple garnered from gullible politicians, and San Francisco mayor George Moscone, later tragically assassinated in 1978, even appointed him to San Francisco’s housing commission. Jones had been responsible for an incredible vote-harvesting operation that may have made the difference in Moscone’s narrow 4,000-vote victory over conservative John Barbagelata in 1975.

After Jones’s death, the national media briefly reported on the massive vote-fraud operation that Jones conducted on behalf of Moscone. The December 17, 1978, New York Times ran a story with this headline: “Followers Say Jim Jones Directed Voter Frauds.”