“McCutcheon says court victory renders super PAC obsolete”
Mary Troyan for Gannett.
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Two from Michael Gilbert
Aggregate Limits in the States
Forthcoming in Democracy by the People: Reforming Campaign Finance in America (Timothy K. Kuhner and Eugene D. Mazo eds., Cambridge University Press, 2017)
Abstract:
This chapter, written for an edited volume on campaign finance, examines… Continue reading
“Aggregate Corruption”
Michael Gilbert and Emily Reeder have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Kentucky Law Journal). Here is the abstract:
This symposium paper challenges the Supreme Court’s most recent campaign finance decision, McCutcheon v. FEC. True to recent form, the Court… Continue reading
“Hillary Clinton Raised $143 Million in August for Democrats and Her Campaign”
Nick Confessore on the McCutcheon effect:
August was Mrs. Clinton’s most successful fund-raising month so far, as she crisscrossed the country on a money hunt that took her to dozens of events in the summer locales of the wealthy and… Continue reading
“Millions From Maxed-Out Clinton Donors Flowed Through Loophole”
Bill Allison for Bloomberg.
Is it right to call it a “loophole” when the Supreme Court required these entities in McCutcheon?
Chutzpah Dept
Shaun McCutcheon complaining that Democrats may have sold access to big donors.
He had to realize his litigation would only make that easier.
“Electoral Integrity in Campaign Finance Law”
Daniel Wiener and Benjamin Brickner have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
In their dissenting opinion in McCutcheon v. FEC in 2014, four justices of the U.S. Supreme Court described the government’s interest in passing campaign finance… Continue reading
2016 Election Law Supplement Shipping Aug. 2; Instructors Can Get Electronic Copy Now
The 2016 Supplement for Lowenstein, Hasen, and Tokaji, Election Law: Cases and Materials (5th ed) will ship from the warehouse on August 2. If you are an instructor who has adopted the book and want an advanced electronic copy,… Continue reading
Does the New Assault on Super PACs from Liberal “Dream Team” Have a Shot? Maybe, in this Post-Scalia World
Larry Tribe, Richard Painter, Albert Alshuler, Norm Eisen, and Anne Weissman have joined together with the Free Speech for People team of Ron Fein, John Bonifaz and others to file this complaint with the FEC seeking to attack the SpeechNow… Continue reading
Tokaji’s Election Law Nutshell, 2d ed.
I’ve just shipped to the publisher the second edition of Election Law in a Nutshell, which will be published in the fall, available as a course supplement and for this year’s general election. It includes many new cases decided… Continue reading
Hearing in Louisiana Republican Party’s Challenge to Soft Money Ban
Bloomberg BNA ($) has this story on yesterday’s hearing before a three-judge district court, including U.S. Circuit Judge Sri Srinivasan who was reportedly skeptical of the argument pressed by plaintiffs’ attorney Jim Bopp:
While the logic of the high court’s… Continue reading
2016 Supplement for Lowenstein, Hasen, and Tokaji Election Law Casebook Coming in time for Fall Classes
CAP:
Election Law, Fifth Edition: 2016 Supplement
by Richard L. Hasen, Daniel Hays Lowenstein, Daniel P. Tokaji
Forthcoming August 2016 • ISBN: 978-1-5310-0089-9
Tags: Election Law
The 2016 Supplement to the fifth edition of Election Law: Cases… Continue reading
Breaking: Federal Court Strikes Down Key Montana Contribution Limits, Setting Up Quick 9th Circuit Battle and Potential SCOTUS Deadlock
Senior federal district court judge Charles Lovell has issued this 30 page opinion granting summary judgment to plaintiffs challenging key provisions of Montana’s campaign finance law, including individual and committee contributions to candidates for governor and state offices. This case… Continue reading
“Lobbyists are People Too, and They Should Be Free to Contribute to California Legislative Races”
Brian Russ has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The question is straightforward: does California’s ban on campaign contributions from lobbyists violate the First Amendment? The answer is not straightforward. The purpose of this Comment is to… Continue reading