“Do We Really Need Campaign Finance Reform?”
Zocalo has a bunch of great contributors on this question.
I’ll be giving my take at a Zocalo/KCRW event tomorrow.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“What Will the Presidential Elections Cost Us?”
@KCRW and Zocalo Public Square are sponsoring the kickoff tomorrow (Jan. 12) for my book tour for Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court and the Distortion of American Elections.
Over the weekend Greg Sargent reviewed the book for… Continue reading
“How to Corral the the Donor Class: When it comes to money in politics, the real problem is not corruption, but inequality.”
Gialed Edelman reviews my new book, Plutocrats United, for the Washington Monthly.
Anyone who is worried about the role of money in politics should take a clear message from Hasen’s book: it’s all about 2016. Polls show campaign finance to… Continue reading
“Supreme Court Won’t Hear Appeal From Former Alabama Governor”
Another Gov. Seligman cert. denial.
“Corruption or Politics: Supreme Court Weighs McDonnell Case”
Jacob Gershman for the WSJ law blog.
I’m expecting a cert grant, and now it appears we have a relist (nothing about the case in today’s orders).
“SCOTUS v. the American worker: The upcoming Supreme Court case that could explode inequality”
Liz Kennedy writes for Salon.
“Informing Shareholders: Providing a Roadmap for the SEC to Act to Require Public Corporations to Disclose Political Spending”
William Nelson has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Albany Government Law Review). Here is the abstract:
The Supreme Court erred by not revisiting its holding in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (FEC). I made this argument in a… Continue reading
Greg Sargent Reviews Plutocrats United for Washington Post Sunday Book World
Review:
In the end, what may matter most is the view of a mere nine people. Four current Supreme Court justices — two liberals and two conservatives — are likely to retire in the next eight years. So the… Continue reading
“A make-or-break moment for Supreme Court appointments”
Hillary Clinton has written this oped in the Boston Globe.
Back in September, I offered an extended version of this argument at TPM.
“The Past and Future of Buckley v. Valeo”
Cato and CCP will be holding this event in DC on Jan. 26.
“Buckley @ 40: The Supreme Court’s Most Important Money in Politics Case, Four Decades Later”
Demos doing this great event Jan. 28 in DC.
“Judges pick new congressional map for Virginia”
AP:
A federal court has picked a new congressional map for Virginia that significantly changes the racial makeup of two districts, but could be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
A three-judge panel on Thursday ordered the state to… Continue reading
“Virginia’s former governor faces prison over politics”
George Will column on the McDonnell cert petition.
Ed Blum Statement to ELB on Guardian Article: No Regrets about Shelby County
Yesterday I linked to an article in The Guardian in which the architect of the lawsuits to bring down Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act appeared to express some second thoughts about how things have worked out since the… Continue reading