‘The Supreme Court, absent from the election debate”
Bob Barnes writes for Wapo.
Category Archives: campaigns
“Habitual candidate forces GOP foes into campaigning”
Cincinnati Enquirer: “Republicans are frustrated by her because an opponent means the GOP has to spend money on that race.”
“Lawsuit highlights difficulty of third-party involvement in debates”
LA Times: “The participants if this year’s presidential debates are set – Republican nominee Mitt Romney will face off against President Obama in a matchup that’s been obvious for months. But there are still other presidential candidates, and one… Continue reading
NYT on Sherman-Berman
Here.
“Phone-bank for 50+ hours and get an ipad3 (32 gig)”
Nice “volunteer” work if you can get it!
“Who’s accountable for this lie?”
Ventura County Star:
In a television ad now airing, paid for by an independent expenditure group called the California Senior Advocates League PAC and attacking Sen. Fran Pavley, an announcer asserts, “While Pavley voted to raise our taxes, she pays… Continue reading
“Obama Fills in Blanks of Romney’s Plans, and G.O.P. Sees Falsehoods”
“Democrats’ (potential) Angus King problem”
“Are Koch Brothers, Ex-Candidates Using Judicial Elections to Boost Presidential Swing-State Turnout?”
Justice at Stake has issued this release.
“Americans say Obama’s ads are more honest, but expect both sides to lie, Esquire/Yahoo poll finds”
Yahoo News reports.
My new paper on whether there is a constitutional right to lie in campaigns and elections begins:
Election 2012 may well go down in history as the “4 Pinocchios Election.” It is perhaps no coincidence that… Continue reading
“Todd Akin showing no signs of ending Senate run”
“New Rules Upend House Re-Election Races in California”
NYT on the politics of the top two primary.
“A Constitutional Right to Lie in Campaigns and Elections?”
I have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming in Montana Law Review election law symposium). Here is the abstract:
For many years, courts have divided on the constitutionality of laws regulating false campaign speech, with some courts upholding some false… Continue reading