Category Archives: campaign finance
Talking to Madeline Brand About Campaign Finance Post-Scalia, Plutocrats United
Listen to the interview on KCRW’s Press Play:
The fallout from Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death is being felt on the campaign trail. One of the most controversial decisions he backed was Citizens United, the 2010 case that… Continue reading
Listen to Podcast with Avi Green on Plutocrats United
Avi talks to me about money in politics and the Supreme Court for the Scholars’ Strategy Network podcast, “No Jargon.” Listen to “Episode 21: Big Money, Big Power.”
Episode 21: Big Money, Big Power
February 15, 2016
Professor Rick … Continue reading
“Conservative group to challenge Chris Van Hollen on campaign finance”
Baltimore Sun:
A conservative legal group plans to file a Federal Election Commission complaint against Rep. Chris Van Hollen, alleging the Montgomery County Democrat failed to disclose in-kind legal assistance he received when he sued the government in… Continue reading
Podcast on #PlutocratsUnited with Heath Brown on New Books Network
Listen:
Richard L. Hasen has written Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections (Yale University Press, 2016). Hasen is Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine.
In… Continue reading
Revised Version of Paper on Election Law at the Roberts Court
I have now posted a revised version of Election Law’s Path in the Roberts Court’s First Decade: A Sharp Right Turn but with Speed Bumps and Surprising Twists, forthcoming Stanford Law Review (2016). Though revised, the revision was… Continue reading
Plutocrats United Book Tour to Philly and Boston (Cambridge) This Week
This week on the Plutocrats United tour:
February 18, Philadelphia, PA, National Constitution Center (with Ned Foley and Judge Jeremy Fogel) (12 pm event) (details and rsvp)
February 18, Philadelphia PA, University of Pennsylvania Law School (4:30 pm… Continue reading
That Time Scalia Endorsed Political Equality for Campaign Finance Limits, Sorta
As I noted in this commentary for Politico magazine, Justice Scalia first voiced his opposition to campaign finance limits in the Austin case, in a passionate and well-argued (if ultimately wrong-headed) dissent. But before that, when Scalia was a… Continue reading
“How Scalia’s Death Could Shake Up Campaign Finance; It might be the opening reformers have been waiting for”
I have written this commentary for Politico magazine. Here’s a snippet:
How did Scalia eventually get his way on the question of how to balance First Amendment rights of free speech against strong government interests like preventing corruption or promoting… Continue reading
“Presidential Candidates Pledge To Undo Citizens United. But Can They?”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
I’ll have more on this question soon.
“Progressives’ anti-free speech itch”
“Super PAC moves to ramp up financial firepower for Clinton”
WaPo:
Two powerful organizations within the Democratic establishment announced steps Friday that have the potential to provide substantial financial firepower to presidential contender Hillary Clinton by drawing on the support of wealthy donors and corporate interests.
While providing a… Continue reading
Pity the Billionaires Dep’t
“it’s frustrating,” one megadonor tells Ken Vogel, that billionaires so far have not gotten their way in the Republican presidential race.
I wonder if they can imagine what it feels like for the rest of us who don’t have the… Continue reading
“How Crossroads GPS beat the IRS and became a social welfare group”
The detailed story from Robert Maguire of Open Secrets.
Michael Hiltzik: A cowed IRS gives a green light to more secret money in politics
Earlier, I wrote: Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS manages to make it even harder to find … Continue reading