SACRAMENTO, California, March 9 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Adam E. Silver, of Sacramento, has been appointed Chair of the Fair Political Practices Commission. Silver has been Chief Counsel for the Legislative Ethics Committee in the California State Assembly since 2018. He served as Commission Counsel at the Fair Political Practices Commission from 2017 to 2018 and was  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11121) on March 4, 2024, by legislative attorney Todd Garvey: * * * Presidential Immunity, Criminal Liability, and the Impeachment Judgment Clause The President of the United States "occupies a unique position" in the American constitutional system as the head of the executive branch of government "entrusted with supervisory and policy responsibilities of utmost discretion and sens  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The House Administration Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-395) on the American Confidence in Elections: District of Columbia Citizen Voter Act (H.R. 4396), which aims to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit noncitizen voting in District of Columbia elections. The report was advanced by Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, on Feb. 23, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 4396, the American Confidence in Elections: District of Columbia Ci  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The House Administration Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-386) on the Citizen Ballot Protection Act (H.R. 4316), which aims to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit a state to include as part of the mail voter registration form a requirement that applicants provide proof of citizenship. The report was advanced by Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, on Feb. 13, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 4316, the Citizen Ballot Protect  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The House Administration Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-389) on the Protecting American Voters Act (H.R. 3162), which aims to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Commissioner of Social Security to provide information to states upon request, which will enable states to verify the citizenship status of applicants for voter registration in elections for federal office in the state and remove individual  more