Author: Chris Nelson

  • Midterm results could strengthen state opposition to ESG

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    ESG Developments This Week In the States Republican midterm gains could strengthen state opposition to ESG according to Roll Call Republicans flipped five state financial officer positions previously held by Democrats in Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nevada, and Wisconsin during the midterm elections. The partisan changes could strengthen opposition to ESG investing, according to a Roll…

  • Economy and Society: Shareholder activist group alleges SEC bias in allowing companies to reject its shareholder proposals

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    Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics. ESG Developments This Week In Washington, D.C. Shareholder activist group alleges SEC bias in allowing companies to reject its…

  • U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to California law limiting church attendance

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    On May 29, 2020, the United States Supreme Court rejected a challenge to California’s religious gathering limits, which order attendance in churches or places of worship to a maximum of 25% or 100 attendees. The 5-4 decision was joined by Chief Justice Roberts who warned against intervening in emergencies: “Where those broad limits are not…

  • What are the arguments for and against universal or mass COVID-19 testing before the economy can reopen?

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    Testing before reopening the economy has emerged as one of the major areas of debate around when states should end COVID-related stay-at-home orders. Proponents of universal or mass testing for COVID-19 before the economy can reopen argue universal testing is necessary to avoid a second wave and that universal testing will increase confidence among the…

  • Trump to collect citizenship information through executive order instead of 2020 census

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    The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process and the rule of law. This edition: In this edition, we review President Donald Trump’s (R) move to acquire citizenship information after federal judges blocked administration…

  • U.S. Supreme Court fails to resuscitate nondelegation doctrine

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    The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process and the rule of law. This edition: In this edition, we review the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision declining to uphold the nondelegation doctrine, a…

  • Manafort sentenced to almost 4 years in bank fraud case

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    Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to 47 months in prison in what was the first of two rounds of sentencing. He was convicted last year of five counts of tax fraud, two counts of bank fraud, and one count of failure to disclose a foreign bank account. Manafort’s convictions did not relate…