“How Not to End Racial Discrimination; Conservatives have been making the same wrongheaded argument for more than 100 years.”
Jamelle Bouie writes for Slate.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“What’s Next After McCutcheon? Challenging the Dominance of the Donor Class”
Demos/Brennan Center event April 24.
Bauer on Carter, Chemerinsky, Noble on McCutcheon
Here.
Linda Greenhouse on McCutcheon
NYT:
This time, five justices did actually manage to toss something out the window: the post-Watergate system of campaign finance regulation.
Only Justice Clarence Thomas, who refused to sign the four-justice plurality opinion by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.… Continue reading
“Could America Become a Banana Republic? The Supreme Court’s recent McCutcheon ruling paves the way for a new era of political corruption in the U.S.”
Don’t miss Norm Ornstein’s take on McCutcheon.
“John Roberts and the Color of Money; Applying the history of white supremacy in America to the Supreme Court’s McCutcheon decision “
Tom Levenson writes at The Atlantic.
“Court to Weigh Challenge to Ban on Campaign Lies”
AP preview of the Susan B. Anthony case.
“What John Roberts Doesn’t Get About Corruption”
Zephyr Teachout writes for Politico magazine.
“In wake of McCutcheon case, states abandon aggregate contribution limits”
DLA Piper Political Law Alert.
“Supreme Court to consider challenge to law barring campaign falsehoods”
David Savage previews Susan B. Anthony for the LAT.
“Supreme Court Protester Sentenced to Time-Served”
Tony Mauro:
In a statement to the judge, Newkirk said he had spoken out at the Supreme Court and broken the law “in the tradition of civil disobedience” to draw attention to the court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling and… Continue reading
“Can You Lie in Politics? Supreme Court Will Decide”
Roll Call reports. Despite the headline, I don’t expect that the Supreme Court will reach the merits of the question in the upcoming Susan B. Anthony case.
Updated/Final Versions of Some of My Articles on Campaign Finance, Voting Rights
I’ve posted an updated version, including a short discussion of McCutcheon, of Super PAC Contributions, Corruption, and the Proxy War over Coordination, forthcoming in the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy.
I have posted the final version… Continue reading