Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig says he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination if crowdfunding helps him raise raise $1 million by Labor Day.
Massachusetts’ top court has overturned a law used to prosecute a PAC official for campaign brochures claiming a state lawmaker put the interests of criminals ahead of families.
In what was described by the Dallas Morning News’ Trail Blazers Blog as a “narrow win” for opponents of a Texas voter identification law, a federal appeals court on…
Believe it or not, there are plenty of hot-button and controversial topics relating to the upcoming 2016 presidential election that have nothing to do with Donald Trump.
Thirty-nine states use some form of election to choose their judiciaries. Of those, 30 states largely prohibit solicitation of campaign funds by active judges and judicial candidates.
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Williams-Yulee v. Florida State Bar (PDF) will have a significant effect in judicial election campaigns and will create great uncertainty as to the…
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating a complaint that California courts systematically and illegally strip the intellectually disabled of their right to vote.
Hillary Clinton didn’t use the words “litmus test” on Monday when she explained the type of justices she would like to appoint to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Public interest groups have cast Securities and Exchange Commission chair Mary Jo White as a superhero with special powers in a series of comic-book style posters backing disclosure of corporate…
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has announced his presidential campaign will accept Bitcoin campaign donations, capped at $100, an option likely to appeal to young, technologically inclined voters.