Eliza Newlin Carney in TAP:
Good-government advocates are “oblivious to the failure of ‘big money’ to dictate the race,” wrote Bradley Smith, chairman of the Center for Competitive Politics, in a Wall Street Journal commentary headlined “That’s Odd, ‘Big Money’… Continue reading
I have written this post for Yale Books Unbound. A snippet:
Those seeing this campaign money-polarization connection argue that to decrease political polarization, we need to free political parties to raise more money from wealthy donors. Further, public financing plans… Continue reading
We have now rescheduled the Plutocrats United event with commentary by Trevor Potter for May 5 at the UCDC Center in Washington DC. The event is co-sponsored by the Campaign Legal Center, American Constitution Society, and the University of California… Continue reading
Looking forward to this Plutocrats United-related event:
February 18, 4:30-5:30 PM, University of Pennsylvania Law School
3501 Sansom St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Silverman Hall 240A
Featuring:
Rick Hasen, Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science, University of California, Irvine… Continue reading
Eliza Newlin Carney for TAP:
Books about who pays for American elections rarely hit the bestseller lists, but a rash of new titles tackling the once-obscure topic of campaign financing signals that publishers now regard political money as popular fare.… Continue reading
Larry Norden reviews my new book, Plutocrats United, at the National Book Review. From the review:
Fortunately, it may not be necessary for the Court to fully adopt the equality rationale. Previous majorities of the Court embraced a far… Continue reading
I have written this commentary for the NY Times’ Room for Debate:
It’s not a new story: Some Americans are looking to the super wealthy to get us out of a political jam. This time, it might be billionaire Michael… Continue reading
Delusional Charles Koch on NPR:
Charles Koch says he’s not really spending all that much on politics. As one of the billionaire Koch brothers, Koch has made massive infusions of money to political causes — some of it in… Continue reading