Category Archives: political parties

Special Issue on Top Two Primary from CJPP

February 8, 2015, 8:25 ampolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

Here: Current Issue, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2015 Articles Introduction: The California Top Two Primary Sinclair, Betsy The Top-Two, Take Two: Did Changing the Rules Change the Game in Statewide Contests? Kousser, Thad Why Voters May Have Failed to … Continue reading

“Top-two primary system hasn’t worked as proponents promised”

February 8, 2015, 8:23 ampolitical partiesRick Hasen

LAT: Has it worked? In short, no, not yet. New academic research, published Sunday by the California Journal of Politics & Policy, found that voters were just as apt to support candidates representing the same partisan poles as they… Continue reading

“Democrats Exercise ‘No’ Power in Senate to G.O.P.’s Dismay”

February 5, 2015, 7:24 pmlegislation and legislatures, political parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Important NYT report.

“Using Race (Again) in the Struggle for Political Mastery”

February 5, 2015, 3:36 pmpolitical parties, political polarization, redistricting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Michael Curtis: After their victories in 2010 state legislative elections, Republicans reapportioned a number of state legislatures. They drew districts so that, for later elections, a minority or slim majority of Republican voters for Congress or the state legislature could… Continue reading

“How Parties Can Save Our State Legislatures”

February 5, 2015, 8:04 ampolitical parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Seth Masket blogs.

California Appellate Court Rejects Minor Party Challenge to Top-Two Primary

January 29, 2015, 4:51 pmpolitical parties, primaries, third partiesRick Hasen

You can read the opinion in Rubin v. Padilla here. (More from BAN.) UPDATE: More criticism from BAN here.

“California State Appeals Court Hearing Goes Badly for Minor Parties”

January 15, 2015, 9:03 pmpolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

Ballot Access News: On January 15, the California State Appeals Court based in San Francisco heard oral arguments in Rubin v Bowen, the case in which minor parties sued to overturn the top-two primary system on the grounds that… Continue reading

Bauer on Sunstein’s “Partyism”

December 23, 2014, 9:26 ampolitical parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Here.

“Romanticizing Democracy, Political Fragmentation, and the Decline of American Government”

December 23, 2014, 9:25 ampolitical parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Oooh—new Rick Pildes in the YLJ.

“CRomnibus Pays Off for Parties”

December 17, 2014, 4:00 pmcampaign finance, political parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Ray LaRaja: I certainly do not believe, like Fred Wertheimer, that this is the most corrupting legislation ever passed. Personally, I would have preferred raising the limits on parties to $100,000 or even $200,000 per year, with no proliferation of… Continue reading

“Partyism”

December 17, 2014, 8:55 ampolitical parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Cass Sunstein has posted this provocative draft on SSRN (forthcoming, University of Chicago Legal Forum). Here is the abstract: “Partyism” is a form of hostility and prejudice that operates across political lines. For example, some Republicans have an immediate aversive… Continue reading

“Senate abruptly wraps up, capping least productive Congress in modern history”

December 16, 2014, 8:20 pmlegislation and legislatures, political parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

WaPo: The least-productive Congress in modern history drew to an abrupt close late Tuesday as the U.S. Senate extended dozens of expired tax breaks but failed to renew a federally backed terrorism insurance program supported by big businesses and… Continue reading

“In Washington, political dysfunction and grim outlooks are the new normal”

December 13, 2014, 4:16 pmlegislation and legislatures, political parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Dan Balz’s take.

The Unsurpri$ing Connection Between the Two Odious Parts of the #Cromnibus

December 11, 2014, 9:31 pmcampaign finance, political parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Progressive revolted over two provisions in the massive compromise spending bill about to become law. One provision rolls back banking regulation of derivatives under the Dodd-Frank Act passed during the financial crisis. The other provision will vastly increase the… Continue reading