Category Archives: political parties

“New Challenge to ‘Soft Money’ Limits Faces Hurdles”

October 27, 2015, 7:31 pmcampaign finance, political parties, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA: Attorney James Bopp faced skeptical questioning in a court hearing as he sought to convince a federal judge to convene a special, three-judge panel in a renewed a challenge to restrictions on “soft money” contributions to political… Continue reading

“Judge poised to strike down part of new Utah election law”

October 27, 2015, 5:34 pmpolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

Deseret News: A federal judge appears poised to strike down part of a disputed new state election law that defines how political parties choose candidates for elected office. U.S. District Judge David Nuffer signaled Tuesday that he intends to find… Continue reading

“FEC’s Goodman Pushes to Ease Party Rules”

October 24, 2015, 10:55 amcampaign finance, campaigns, federal election commission, political partiesRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA: A Republican-backed initiative to ease regulations on political parties is set to be discussed at the Federal Election Commission’s Oct. 29 meeting and will test whether FEC commissioners, sharply divided over a range of issues, will rally… Continue reading

Bauer on Kang on Party Campaign Financing

October 23, 2015, 7:24 amcampaign finance, political partiesRick Hasen

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“The Brave New World of Party Campaign Finance Law”

October 21, 2015, 7:16 amcampaign finance, political parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Michael Kang has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Article challenges urgent calls for the de-regulation of party campaign finance as part of the ongoing transformation of federal campaign finance law under the Roberts Court. First,… Continue reading

“No, Americans have not become more ideologically polarized”

October 14, 2015, 2:54 pmpolitical parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Seth Hill and Chris Tausanovitch write for the Monkey Cage.

“Republicans Gone Wild: Q&A with Mann and Ornstein”

October 14, 2015, 12:15 pmpolitical parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Frank Wilkinson sits down with Norm and Tom.

“U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Hear California Minor Party Lawsuit Against Top-Two”

October 13, 2015, 7:51 amballot access, political parties, primariesRick Hasen

BAN reports.

“The GOP sinks deeper into chaos. Can it still function as a party?”

October 8, 2015, 7:49 pmpolitical parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Today’s must-read from Karen Tumulty in WaPo: Less than a year after a sweeping electoral triumph, Republicans are on the verge of ceasing to function as a national political party. The most powerful and crippling force at work in the… Continue reading

“Two Socialist Party Candidates Sue California to Have Party Label on Ballot”

October 8, 2015, 7:03 pmpolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

BAN reports.

“These political scientists may have just discovered why U.S. politics are a disaster”

October 7, 2015, 12:28 pmpolitical parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

WaPo: There’s a lot of disgust in America with politicians’ inability to get things done. In the race to win the Republican presidential nomination, that disgust has so far benefited outsider candidates. Non-career politicians Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina and… Continue reading

“The Soaring Price of Political Access”

September 27, 2015, 9:54 amcampaign finance, campaigns, political partiesRick Hasen

NYT editorial: This year, the political money is flowing more like overpriced wine, with the two national parties reported to be planning tenfold increases in the rates V.I.P. donors will be charged to secure the right to attend exclusive… Continue reading

“Libertarians, Greens ready lawsuit against Commission on Presidential Debates”

September 24, 2015, 7:49 pmcampaigns, political partiesRick Hasen

Weigel: The Libertarian Party and Green Party and their 2012 candidates for president are readying a legal complaint against the Commission on Presidential Debates, hoping that a new legal argument — an anti-trust argument — will break the “duopoly” that’s… Continue reading

The Future of the Party and Campaign Finance — A Response to Bob Bauer

September 22, 2015, 1:04 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, election law and constitutional law, guest blogging election law scholarship, political partiesCampaign finance, political partiesHeather Gerken

(with Joey Fishkin, University of Texas Law School) Bob Bauer just offered a thoughtful and engaging commentary on our work and a new report by the Brennan Center, both focused on the relationship between the political parties and campaign finance.… Continue reading