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LetMyPeopleVote's JournalMaryland Senate moves on bill to require release of tax returns by presidential candidates
These ballot access laws will be fun to watch. California passed one but it was vetoed by Gov. Brown. After Brown is out, California may try again. New Jersey also passed one of these laws but it was vetoed by Christie https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/maryland-senate-moves-on-bill-to-require-release-of-tax/article_44d26757-22c5-55d8-a828-c3bffe81bdbb.html
A Democratic majority in the Maryland Senate moved forward a bill on Thursday that would require presidential candidates to release their federal income tax returns to the Maryland State Board of Elections before a general election. The elections board would, in turn, make the returns publicly available online.
Supporters say that the bill, which would apply to all presidential candidates beginning in 2020, was not intended to target President Donald Trump, but his decision during the 2016 campaign to flout the decades-long practice of voluntary disclosure brought the issue to the fore.
In a Quinnipiac University Poll released last week, 67 percent of Americans said they think Trump should publicly release his tax returns
Trump will challenge these laws and I hope that all good democrats will support these laws. I would hate to see anyone running in a Democratic primary fight one of these laws.
GOTV-I voted today
My vote will be in tomorrow's numbers
https://twitter.com/mcpli/status/968920475782078464
Texas is one of the compromised states
https://twitter.com/mcpli/status/968621656427171841Texas: In lawsuit, activists say Texas winner-take-all approach to the Electoral College is discrim
Texas: In lawsuit, activists say Texas’ winner-take-all approach to the Electoral College is discriminatory https://thevotingnews.com/winner-take-all-electoral-practice-faces-voter-rights-challenge-bloomberg/
Similar Electoral College lawsuits were also filed Wednesday in Republican-dominated South Carolina and Democratic-leaning Massachusetts and California. The South Carolina suit also alleges a Voting Rights Act violation.
At the suit’s core is the doctrine of “one person, one vote,” rooted in the 14th Amendment. The plaintiffs argue that the winner-take-all system is unconstitutional because Texans who favor losing candidates “effectively had their votes cancelled,” while voters who favor winning candidates see their influence “unconstitutionally [magnified].” The suit also alleges that winner-take-all violates the First Amendment.
Misinterpreting a judges order, right-wing media have convinced themselves that Michael Flynn is ab
Misinterpreting a judge’s order, right-wing media have convinced themselves that Michael Flynn is about to reverse his guilty plea https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2018/02/21/misinterpreting-judge-s-order-right-wing-media-have-convinced-themselves-michael-flynn-about-reverse/219447
I checked, and it is. As he explained in a 2016 law review article calling for the amendment of the rules of federal criminal procedure to incorporate such disclosures, “I now issue a standing Brady Order in each criminal case on my docket, which I update as the law in the area progresses.” Thus, Sullivan’s action was not “unusual” or “curious,” but simply what he does in every single criminal case he oversees.
Napolitano and his ilk seem to have picked up the story York and McCarthy put forth, but stripped off their caveat and instead asserted as fact that Sullivan’s action must be because he suspects some sort of malfeasance from Mueller, or even because, as Napolitano suggested, Flynn was not guilty to begin with.
Breaking: Legal Team Led by David Boies and LULAC Files Lawsuits Challenging Winner-Take-All Approa
Source: Election Law Blog
A coalition of law firms led by David Boies of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, and The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) today announced the filing of four landmark lawsuits challenging the winner-take-all method states use to allocate their Electoral College votes. By magnifying the impact of some votes and disregarding others, the winner-take-all system is not only undemocratic, but it also violates the Constitutional rights of free association, political expression, and equal protection under the law. These suits aim to restore those rights nationwide.
The non-partisan effort will draw on the resources of several law firms in advancing legal challenges in two states that are solidly blue, Massachusetts and California, and two others that are solidly red, South Carolina and Texas. All four suits are designed to uphold the Constitution’s guarantee that every vote—whether for a Republican, a Democrat, or third-party candidate—will be treated equally.
Read more: http://electionlawblog.org/?p=97652
Oprah Winfrey is matching George and Amal Cloney Donation
https://twitter.com/Oprah/status/966079086379507712Mueller-charged lawyer Alex Van der Zwaan has a curious link to the Steele dossier
The Steele Dossier is being confirmed and validated on a daily basis https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/mueller-indicted-lawyer-alex-van-der-zwaan-curious-link-steele-dossier-thats-not/
FBI investigators concluded the Trump Organization server appeared to be controlled by the marketing firm Cendyn, which was blasting out emails promoting Trump-branded hotel properties.
Khan and Alfa Bank showed up repeatedly in the dossier produced by former British spy Christopher Steele, who misspelled the bank as “Alpha Bank.”
The billionaire Khan, who showed up in a recent list of Russian oligarchs with ties to Vladimir Putin, has sued Steele for libel.
Early voting for Texas primary starts tomorrow
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