Category Archives: campaigns

Donald Trump Likely Has Standing To Contest Cruz’s Eligibility. Trump Should Lose on the Merits, If Courts Reach the Merits

February 14, 2016, 12:51 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

The lawsuits filed so far in federal court to get Ted Cruz kicked off the ballot as a natural born citizen likely have an insurmountable standing problem. “Voters” as a class generally do not have enough of a concrete stake… Continue reading

“U.S. Supreme Court vacancy upends presidential race”

February 14, 2016, 9:58 amcampaigns, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Reuters reports.

“Does Donald Trump Have Standing to Keep Ted Cruz off of the Ballot?”

February 13, 2016, 1:00 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

Josh Douglas blogs. I hope to find time to respond soon.

“Super PAC moves to ramp up financial firepower for Clinton”

February 13, 2016, 12:39 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WaPo: Two powerful organizations within the Democratic establishment announced steps Friday that have the potential to provide substantial financial firepower to presidential contender Hillary Clinton by drawing on the support of wealthy donors and corporate interests. While providing a… Continue reading

Trump Tweets That He has Standing to Sue Cruz Over His Natural Born Citizenship Status

February 12, 2016, 2:44 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

Trump: If @TedCruz doesn’t clean up his act, stop cheating, & doing negative ads, I have standing to sue him for not being a natural born citizen. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 12, 2016 It is possible that… Continue reading

“Karl Rove Bamboozles the I.R.S.”

February 12, 2016, 9:45 amcampaign finance, campaigns, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

NYT editorial.

“The new frontier of voter tracking”

February 11, 2016, 9:45 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Marketplace: The New Hampshire presidential primary may be over, but there are many primaries coming up in other states around the country and voters will likely turn out in droves to cast their ballots. One company is tracking voter… Continue reading

“Sanders’s claim that he ‘does not have a super PAC’”

February 11, 2016, 8:12 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WaPo Fact Checker: Sanders has not exploited the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, but is still reaping its benefits. There’s not much Sanders could do to stop outside groups, but he hasn’t actively denounced their help, either. He would… Continue reading

“How Bernie built a fundraising juggernaut”

February 10, 2016, 8:46 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Vogel: Indeed, Sanders’ campaign has melded its fundraising into its core mission in a way that is without precedent in American political history. It’s more than a means to an end. It is the purpose of his campaign ―… Continue reading

“Is Donald Trump self-funding his campaign? Sort of”

February 10, 2016, 8:45 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

Politifact rates the claim “half-true.”

“Clinton allies forming group to protect, register voters”

February 10, 2016, 8:46 amcampaigns, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP reports.

I Talk to Above the Law About Dirty Tricks, Money in Politics and More

February 10, 2016, 8:43 amcampaign finance, campaigns, political partiesRick Hasen

Listen to the scintillating conversation with Elie Mystal and Joe Patrice.

“Funny or Die Made a Trump Biopic, Starring Johnny Depp”

February 10, 2016, 8:36 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT: The humor website Funny or Die on Wednesday began streaming a 50-minute comedy that finds Mr. Depp portraying the businessman turned politician, full-blown comb-over and all. Kept a secret for months — no small task in Hollywood —… Continue reading

“The great money-in-politics myth”

February 10, 2016, 8:16 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Dylan Matthews for Vox. Sanders is the most vocal exponent of this critique currently, but he’s hardly the only one. At least since the progressive movement of the early 1900s, a prominent strain of American liberalism has identified the undue… Continue reading