Category Archives: Plutocrats United
#PlutocratsUnited Talks in Brooklyn, Atlanta, Miami
Upcoming events related to my book:
February 26, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Law School (First Amendment symposium) (details and rsvp)
February 29, Decatur, Ga, Georgia Center for the Book at DeKalb County Public Library, 7:15 pm (details… Continue reading
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
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
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
Justice Scalia’s Death and Implications for the 2016 Election, the Supreme Court and the Nation
Justice Antonin Scalia has died in Texas at the age of 79. Let me begin with condolences to his family, friends, and former clerks who were fiercely loyal to him (and he to them). Whatever you thought of Justice Scalia’s… 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
Bauer on Countering Super PACs, My Critique, and Political Equality
Bob:
At the same time, there is room for reform–some adjustment to the regulatory process–that would account for the Super PACs’ emergence and widening impact. Transparency measures can clearly identify for the public those single-candidate Super PACs operating with the… Continue reading
Podcast on Plutocrats United, with Commentary by Erwin Chemerinsky
They’ve turned my recent @UCILaw talk on my book, with commentary by Dean Chemerinsky, into a podcast you can listen to here.
Steve Simpson and I Talked Campaign Finance, Plutocrats United at Southwestern Law Event
Steve was one of the main litigators in the Speechnow and Arizona public financing cases.
You can watch the video here.
“‘More corporate money in our elections’: Believe it or not, big money is about to get even more powerful”
I talk to Elias Isquith of Salon about Super PACs, the Crossroads GPS determination, and Plutocrats United.
Subjecting Plutocrats United to the “Page 99 Test”
What can you learn about a book from turning to page 99 in it?
I explore this as to Plutocrats United at the Page 99 Test blog:
He applied the “Page 99 Test” to his new book,… Continue reading
Watch My #PlutocratsUnited Talk @UCILaw, with Chemerinsky Commentary
You can watch here.
Buy Plutocrats United from Amazon with a 25% discount.