In an expected move yesterday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to Arizona's Clean Elections system. Coverage below: Supreme Court to weigh constitutionality of Arizona public campaign finance law, by Robert Barnes http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/29/AR2010112902701.html?wprss=rss_nation SCOTUS will hear arguments into a challenge of Arizona Clean Elections. More coverage: New York Times, Huffington Post with quotes from Public Campaign's Nick Nyhart and Public Citizen's Lisa Gilbert, a round up from the Election Law blog. Arizona Republic, Public Campaign press release, Campaign Legal Center/Democracy 21 press release, background from the Brennan Center.  Clean Elections money must be spent more wisely http://azstarnet.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_ff7d94c7-977f-5506-b6c5-449e865ca2ca.html And this editorial from Arizona says there should be rules in place to make sure Clean Elections money is spent more wisely. Congress Charlie Rangel still a hero to me, by Ben Stein http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/11/28/sunday/commentaries/main7096523.shtml Ben Stein has penned this defense of Charlie Rangel – calling him a war hero and patriotic American being brought down by weak and insignificant charges.  House Censure—humbling to some but by no means all http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/nyregion/30censure.html An interesting history of the censure process in the House—Rangel definitely isn’t the first one.  Maxine Waters: “I have been denied basic due process”, by Richard Simon http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-waters-20101130,0,5488999.story Waters is livid that the ethics case against her was once again delayed. Proof, she says, that the investigation has been bungled and is pretty weak. “But Craig Holman of the watchdog group Public Citizen said the delay ‘seems to be more a matter of fatigue by the Ethics Committee’ after the ethics trial this month of Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.).”  Chuck Schumer’s new role may limit Dick Durbin, by John Bresnahan and Manu Raju http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45709.html Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) decision to hand messaging off to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) may be a sign that Schumer, not Fair Elections lead sponsor Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), is next in line to become Majority Leader.  WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange wants to spill your corporate secrets, by Andy Greenberg http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2010/11/29/wikileaks-julian-assange-wants-to-spill-your-corporate-secrets Looks like Assange is setting its sights on big business. Early next year, he says, a big bank will find its internal workings turned inside out. What will that say about its politics?  The DeLay conviction--even the Post isn't buying it, by Brad Smith http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/254035/delay-conviction-even-iposti-doesnt-buy-it-bradley-smith Brad Smith bravely stands up for Tom DeLay.