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“How Old is Donald Trump?”
New Yorker:
We don’t have third parties here, but we have seen some of the same energies. Surveying the landscape in 2014, David Schleicher, now of Yale Law School, suggested that the basic turn made, both in Europe and… Continue reading
ELB Podcast Episode 9. Ben Ginsberg: The Republican Nomination Battle for President
Will the Republican presidential nomination fight go beyond the primaries to a contested convention? Are the rules Republicans passed to assign delegates going to lead to chaos? What’s different about this election cycle, and are Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders… Continue reading
“Maine Democrats middlemen for wealthy donors and national party”
Maine Sun Journal:
A Cuban-born sugar tycoon. A California-based registered foreign agent for the government of Sri Lanka. A Chicago billionaire.
All are recent large donors to the Maine Democratic Party via a complex fundraising strategy called the Hillary Victory… Continue reading
Trump Virginia Loyalty Pledge Case Looks Weak
WaPo:
Three African American pastors who support Donald Trump filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday over a requirement that GOP primary voters sign a statement affirming that they are Republicans — a plan the presidential front-runner has condemned.
The plaintiffs say… Continue reading
“Supporters Seek to Persuade Democrats to ‘Ditch and Switch’ for Donald Trump”
NYT:
At a campaign event for Donald J. Trump in Mississippi last weekend, Lynette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson — two African-American YouTube stars who go by the names Diamond and Silk — rallied the roaring crowd with a plea.… Continue reading
“How Campaign Finance Reform Contributed to Polarization”
Seth Masket reviews LaRaja and Schaffner’s new book.
“Trump’s Va. campaign threatens legal action against state GOP”
No Wonder Donald Trump Opposes Va Loyalty Oath
A few days ago, Donald Trump tweeted against Virginia’s loyalty oath: “It begins, Republican Party of Virginia, controlled by the RNC, is working hard to disallow independent, unaffiliated and new voters. BAD!”
Well this new analysis from Nate Cohn of… Continue reading
“The Consequences of California’s Top-Two Primary”
The Atlantic:
One of the immediate impacts of the top-two primary was that it had inadvertently created an incentive for candidates to broaden the field, recruiting additional candidates to dilute support for their most dangerous opponents. This became evident… Continue reading
David Frum on Republican Voter Suppression and Gerrymandering as Political Strategy
@PeterBeinart and @DavidFrum both have excellent political articles in the upcoming issue of The Atlantic. Beinart’s pieces deal with the U.S. moving left, thanks in large part to demographic change and changing attitudes of millennials. (More on the… Continue reading
“Prominent Lawyer Outlines Nightmare Situations for G.O.P. Convention”
NYT:
Mr. Ginsberg outlined two events that would leave Republican leaders scrambling to sort out who will represent the party in the general election: a “clear cluster” and a “party buster.” In the first case, several candidates would be hundreds… Continue reading
“These four reasons explain why bipartisanship is breaking out all over. Will it last?”
“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