“McCutcheon v. FEC and the Supreme Court’s Return to Buckley”
Allen Dickerson has written this article for the Cato Supreme Court Review.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“A Thousand-Dollar Bill; The Supreme Court is wrong about the influence you can buy with less than $5,200”
Usha Rodrigues writes at Slate.
WI Voter ID: Electoral Chaos Begins
AP story on confusion over what to do about absentee ballots already mailed and those in holding pattern.
Friday’s 7th Circuit order was the height of irresponsibility which did not even bother to consider or mention the difficulty of rolling… Continue reading
Danziger Cartoon Channels Anatole France in Describing CJ Roberts’ McCutcheon Opinion
Read.
Justice Scalia Praises Gridlock
AP on Justice Scalia speech to Federalist Society in San Diego:
“I hate to hear Americans going around grousing about gridlock,” he explained. “That’s the design of this system, that only really good legislation that has substantial support in the… Continue reading
Justin Driver on Murphy on Justice Scalia
I think this is the most spot-on review of the flaws in Murphy’s book. I would give Murphy’s book more credit, however, for its ability to trace the development of Scalia’s jurisprudence through his years on the Court.
Election Law Panels at William & Mary Supreme Court Preview, September 20, 2014
Via email:
On Saturday, September 20 the Institute of Bill of Rights Law at William & Mary Law School will hold its 27th annual Supreme Court Preview. The event features a lunchtime breakout panel “The Court and Election Law”… Continue reading
Extensive David Cole Review of Teachout’s Book on Corruption
NYRB:
In truth, what makes this field of law so difficult is that the tensions cannot be avoided by categorical or definitional rejections of the valid concerns on both sides of the debate. Teachout’s important new book reminds us… Continue reading
New Letter from Former ACLU Leaders Supports Campaign Spending Limits
From the letter:
We believe that the Supreme Court’s campaign finance decisions from Buckley to Citizens United to McCutcheon are based on three fallacies. First, the Court wrongly equates spending unlimited sums of money with pure speech. We agree… Continue reading
“Hasen Constitution Day Talk: ‘One Dollar, One Vote'”
Announcement:
Richard Hasen will give the talk, “One Dollar, One Vote: Campaign Finance, Equality and the Supreme Court,” Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m. in the Forum of the Elaine Langone Center at Bucknell University.
The talk, which is free… Continue reading
“The Supreme Court’s Cash Gift to Republican Candidates”
David Firestone blogs at NYT’s Taking Note ed. blog.
“Seeking Facts, Justices Settle for What Briefs Tell Them”
Must-read Adam Liptak Sidebar column on the Supreme Court’s increasing use of “facts” from amicus briefs.
“Court to weigh use of race in drawing political lines”
Richard Wolf of USA Today previews the Alabama racial gerrymandering case headed to SCOTUS.
“Wealthy political donors seize on new latitude to give to unlimited candidates”
WaPo: “Sabin and other wealthy political contributors have more access than ever to candidates since the ruling in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission. More than 300 donors have seized the opportunity, writing checks at such a furious pace that… Continue reading