Category Archives: campaigns
“The new Gilded Age: Close to half of all super PAC money comes from 50 donors”
Must-read WaPo:
A small core of super-rich individuals are responsible for the record sums cascading into the coffers of super PACs for the 2016 elections, a dynamic that harks back to the financing of presidential campaigns in the Gilded… Continue reading
“Bulk of Ryan’s fundraising haul in $50k-plus chunks”
Politico:
Paul Ryan’s massive $17 million fundraising haul this quarter was fueled by some of the nation’s richest people and large corporate political action committees, which cut five- and six-figure checks to the speaker’s burgeoning political operation, according to an… Continue reading
“Residency and Democracy”
Gene Mazo has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, FSU L Rev). Here is the abstract:
Geographical residency is part of democracy. Politicians are elected from geographical districts, and they represent the people of those districts in office. A United… Continue reading
“Outside groups deal themselves in for GOP delegate game”
“Money influences everybody. That includes Hillary Clinton”
Trevor Timm Guardian column.
“Karl Rove-backed PAC warms to Trump”
Politico:
Karl Rove has publicly blasted Donald Trump as “a petty man consumed by resentment and bitterness” with little gravitas and almost no chance of beating Hillary Clinton.
But privately, the super PAC conceived by Rove is suggesting to… Continue reading
Law Prof Write-in Candidate Appeals NJ Natural Born Citizenship Case against Cruz
…and points to some interesting aspects of the appointment of the ALJ who decided the natural born citizenship issue in Ted Cruz’s favor.
The case goes to the Appellate Division.
“Sanders, Not Trump, Scaring Democratic Convention Donors”
Bloomberg BNA:
A new fundraising obstacle has emerged this election year—potential individual and corporate donors to the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia have hesitated to contribute because of a possible nomination of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), said Ed Rendell,… Continue reading
Breaking: NJ Admin. Judge Rejects Challenge to Cruz Eligibility Under the “Natural Born Citizen” Clause
In a detailed 26-page opinion drawing on Founding documents and practice, and recent writings of legal scholars (including in blog posts), a NJ administrative law judge has rejected a challenge to Ted Cruz’s eligibility to appear on the ballot as… Continue reading
“Billionaires fund anti-Trump delegate push”
Ken Vogel:
First they spent tens of millions trying to boost their favorite presidential candidates, then they poured cash into ads attacking Donald Trump, and now some of the biggest donors on the right are turning their attention to the… Continue reading
“Trump’s own Beltway establishment guy: The curious journey of Don McGahn”
Must-read WaPo:
But there’s another reason McGahn may have been willing to work for Trump.
Shortly after McGahn started at Jones Day he picked up a new client: Aaron Schock, the congressman who was then reeling from a scandal… Continue reading
“Suit Challenging Cruz Eligibility Reaches Supreme Court”
Pete Williams reports for NBC News.
“As Campaigns Seek Delegates, Ordinary Voters Feel Sidelined”
NYT:
When it comes to nominating presidential candidates, it turns out the world’s foremost democracy is not so purely democratic.
For decades, both major parties have used a somewhat convoluted process for picking their nominees, one that involves ordinary… Continue reading