Category Archives: campaigns
7th Cir. Panel (Including Trump-Shortlister J. Sykes) Upholds Indiana Robocall Ban Against 1st Amendment Challenge
Short and sweet (not “otiose”) opinion.
NH Seeks Supreme Court Review of Decision Striking Ballot Selfie Ban as 1st Amendment Violation
Here’s the cert. petition.
More from me when I have a bit more time.
“Outsourcing Politics: The Hostile Takeovers of Our Hollowed out Political Parties”
Sam Issacharoff has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Houston Law Review). Here is the abstract:
In 2016, both the Republicans and Democrats experienced efforts at hostile takeover of their presidential campaigns. On the Republican side of the ledger, the… Continue reading
“Why Trump Had an Edge in the Electoral College”
Nate Cohn for NYT’s The UpShot.
“Donald Trump’s sons behind nonprofit selling access to president-elect”
Blockbuster report from CPI:
A new Texas nonprofit led by Donald Trump’s grown sons is offering access to the freshly-minted president during inauguration weekend — all in exchange for million-dollar donations to unnamed “conservation” charities, according to interviews and documents… Continue reading
Watch Video of NYU Forum on “A New American Political System?”
This was a great conference.
Video courtesy of CSPAN:
Vice President Biden Keynote
Viability of Third Parties (Ginsberg, Keating, Pildes)
Role of Media in the 2016 Election (Marcus, Psaki)
Technology in Political Campaigns (Goodstein, Persily, Rospars)
Fred Yang on 2016 … Continue reading
“Trump advisers spar over new political arm; Rivaling factions jockey over who should head the group central to Trump’s political agenda.”
Shane Goldmacher for Politico.
“The Electoral College Vote Isn’t Just About The Electoral College”
Chris Geidner:
The battle over Monday’s electoral college vote is the beginning, not the end. A larger campaign to undermine the legitimacy — and constitutionality — of Donald Trump’s presidency is likely just getting underway.
Discomfort with Donald Trump before… Continue reading
“FBI backs CIA view that Russia intervened to help Trump win election”
WaPo:
FBI Director James B. Comey and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper have backed a CIA assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election in part to help Donald Trump win the presidency, according to U.S. officials.
Comey’s support… Continue reading
MT: Dept of Oops
AP:
The sponsor of a 2015 bill that changed how Montana fills its U.S. House and Senate vacancies says Gov. Steve Bullock should appoint an interim replacement for departing Rep. Ryan Zinke until a special election is held.
Democratic Sen.… Continue reading
“Republican National Committee Security Foiled Russian Hackers; Investigation calls it a less aggressive and much less persistent effort than the hacks of the Democratic National Committee”
“After allegedly trying to suppress voting, Trump and his fans applaud lower black turnout”
The Fix:
“We did great with the African-American community,” he said, during the rally in Hershey, Pa. “So good. Remember — remember the famous line, because I talk about crime, I talk about lack of education, I talk about no… Continue reading
“How big is the gap between the donor class and ordinary Americans? Bigger than you think.”
Sean McElwee, Jesse Rhodes, and Brian Schaffner for Monkey Cage:
Across the board, we find that donors as a group are more partisan than non-donors who share their party affiliation. For example, Democratic donors were 10 percentage points more… Continue reading