Category Archives: political parties
“Unorthodox Lawmaking, Unorthodox Rulemaking”
Gluck, O’Connell, and Po have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Columbia Law Review). Here is the abstract:
The Schoolhouse Rock! cartoon version of the conventional legislative process is dead, if it was ever an accurate description in the first… Continue reading
“Legislative Dysfunction and Political Accountability”
Edward Stiglitz has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The inability of members of Congress to agree on legislation is arguably generating a slow motion crisis in our separation of powers system. Some legislative disagreements reflect genuine… Continue reading
BIG: Campaign Finance Disclosure Efforts Dealt Severe Blow in Omnibus
While campaign finance reformers were busy fighting off an attempt by Sen. McConnell to include a rider in the omnibus which would allow for unlimited coordinated party spending with candidates, three other very bad campaign finance provisions slipped into the… Continue reading
“McConnell Can Make Super PACs Obsolete”
David Bossie for the National Review.
“McConnell Takes Credit for Resuscitating the Senate”
NYT:
Barney Frank once told me that asking Republicans to govern was like asking him, the first openly gay member of Congress, to judge the Miss America contest: He would do it, but he wouldn’t enjoy it much or… Continue reading
“Montana GOP lawsuit to force ‘closed primary’ election is going to trial”
“Yes to McConnell’s Rider”
Ray La Raja:
If you are disgusted with dark money, the outsized influence of billionaires, and power of uncompromising hard liners in Congress who hold the nation hostage to their dogmas, you should like a recent proposal by Senator… Continue reading
“GOP preparing for contested convention”
WaPo:
Republican officials and leading figures in the party’s establishment are preparing for the possibility of a brokered convention as businessman Donald Trump continues to sit atop the polls in the GOP presidential race.
More than 20 of them… Continue reading
“Indiana Won’t Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Overturn Seventh Circuit Ruling that struck down Limited Nominations for Judicial Races”
“Election Lawyers Push to Ease Party Campaign Finance Limits”
Bloomberg BNA:
Top Republican and Democratic election lawyers appearing at a national ethics conference reiterated arguments for easing campaign finance rules on political parties but said they could not predict the outcome of ongoing discussions in Congress on the… Continue reading
“Freedom Caucus Forgets the Freedom Part”
Paul Jossey writes for The Daily Caller.
“Introduction: The Place of Agencies in Polarized Government”
Cynthia Farina and Gillian Metzger have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This is one of two complementary essays for a symposium honoring the work of Peter L. Strauss. Also included is the joint introduction. (The second… Continue reading
“When Purists Prevail: Campaign Finance and Political Polarization”
Release:
The Brennan Center for Justice presents:
When Purists Prevail:
Campaign Finance and Political Polarization
A Book Talk with Ray La Raja and Brian Schaffner
Thursday, December 17, 2015
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m. Lunch and Registration… Continue reading