Two Law and Political Process Study Group Panels at APSA

We hope to see you there:

 

Political Parties and Campaign Finance in the Post-Citizens United World

Sat, September 5, 10:15am to 12:00pm, Hilton, Mason RoomSession Submission Type: Full Panel

Session Description

Political Parties and Campaign Finance in the Post-Citizens United World

Sub Unit

  • Related Groups / Law and Political Process Study Group

Chair

  • DanielH.Lowenstein, University of California, Los Angeles

Discussant

  • YasminDawood, University of Toronto

Individual Submissions

  • Ideological Donors, Contribution Limits, and the Polarization of American LegislaturesMichaelBarber, Brigham Young University
  • The Federalist Safeguards of PoliticsAnthonyJohnstone, University of Montana
  • Legislators as Party Elites: Intraparty Factionalism and Presidential Politics in the New Hampshire State HouseSethE.Masket, University of Denver
  • Democratic RomanticismRichardPildes, New York University

Roundtable on the Voting Rights Act at 50

Fri, September 4, 2:30 to 4:00pm, Hilton, Union Square 1 & 2Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Session Description

2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act, providing an opportunity for reflection on the past and thoughts about the Act’s future. Among the questions to be considered: What has been the effect of the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County to render the preclearance provisions of the Act ineffective? What is the likelihood of congressional reinstitution of the preclearance provision? Does Section 2 of the Act continue to function as intended? What is the future for Section 2 and Section 203 language claims in the courts?

Sub Unit

  • Related Groups / Law and Political Process Study Group

Chair

  • Bernard N. Grofman, University of California, Irvine

Presenters

  • Matt A. Barreto, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Kareem Crayton, Crimcard Consulting Services
  • Pamela S. Karlan, Stanford Law School
  • Derek Muller, Pepperdine University School of Law

 

 

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