Today: Webcast @UCILaw of #PlutocratsUnited Talk with Chemerinsky Commentary
Here’s the livestream for this event at 4 pm today.
I’ll be talking about my new book, Plutocrats United, with commentary from UCI Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky.
Tune in!
Category Archives: campaign finance
“The POLITICO 100: Billionaires dominate 2016”
Politico:
The 100 biggest donors of 2016 cycle have spent $195 million trying to influence the presidential election ― more than the $155 million spent by the 2 million smallest donors combined — according to a POLITICO analysis of… Continue reading
“Candidates win when they challenge big money’s role”
Donna Brazile commentary for CNN.
“Bradley A. Smith commentary: Obama should not violate deal with Congress”
Columbus Dispatch oped:
President Obama has indicated that he is considering issuing an executive order requiring companies who have contracted with the federal government to disclose their giving to trade associations, nonprofits and other organizations that participate in the… Continue reading
“For Sanders, campaign finance purity not always possible”
MSNBC:
A lavish Martha’s Vineyard Democratic fundraiser that Bernie Sanders attended in 2007 featured lobbyists for many of the industries he now rails against on the presidential campaign trail, according to a guest list obtained by MSNBC.
The Vermont… Continue reading
“Who’s funding this pro-Ted Cruz super PAC?”
Teddy Schleifer for CNN:
A super PAC spending millions of dollars to bash Ted Cruz’s Republican rivals is shielding the names of many of its top donors and strategists, accepting and directing donations through a particularly high number of hard-to-trace… Continue reading
Indefensible: WI Supreme Court Won’t Allow Prosecutors to Get Outside PRO BONO Help in Case Against WI Supreme Court
So there’s a potential claim that WI Supreme Court justices should have recused themselves from deciding the John Doe case, given that they themselves benefitted from campaign financing by the same groups in the case. The district attorneys asked for… Continue reading
“WH response to petition offends campaign finance advocates”
The Hill:
Activists say they are offended by the White House’s response Friday to a petition signed by more than 117,000 people demanding that federal contractors be required to disclose political spending.
The petition, generated on the White House… Continue reading
“Fact Check: Clinton And Sanders On Campaign Finance”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
“Ask the Author: Richard L. Hasen”
Kate Ackley interviewed me for CQ Weekly ($):
In his new book, “Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections,” law professor Richard L. Hasen of the University of California, Irvine, calls President Barack Obama… Continue reading
“Donald Trump’s Campaign, Billed as Self-Funded, Risks Little of His Fortune”
NYT:
What remains is a quintessentially Trumpian endeavor that blurs the line between campaigning and brand-building and complicates Mr. Trump’s claims that he is funding his own White House campaign. About three-quarters of Mr. Trump’s total campaign spending has either… Continue reading
“All the money in the world isn’t buying votes this primary season”
Noah Bierman for the LAT:
Money may yet prevail in this year’s presidential election, but the failure so far of big donors to propel candidates to the top of the heap has shown the limitations of even huge stockpiles… Continue reading
“Claims about Corruption in the Case for Political Equality”
Bauer:
There is a shift here to more careful claims about what money buys and when: that it counts for more in some races than in others; that it is not all that effective if the candidate is a… Continue reading
“Enough about our ‘corrupt campaign finance system’ already. Let’s talk equality.”
Lee Drutman at Vox offers a generous review of my book, Plutocrats United:
In reading Plutocrats United, I found myself doing a lot of nodding to myself. I am on board with Hasen — equality is a much more sensible… Continue reading