Category Archives: campaigns

“Statute against lying in campaign ads faces legal test”

February 2, 2015, 8:12 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

Boston Globe: In the first test of its constitutionality, a state law that makes it illegal to lie in campaign ads is being challenged by a Republican political action committee whose treasurer is facing criminal charges over a negative… Continue reading

“A Pair Of Gay ‘Tech Bears’ Owns JebBushForPresident.com”

February 1, 2015, 2:28 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

Business Insider reports.

“W.Va. GOP wants election changes in possible Manchin gov bid”

January 29, 2015, 7:30 pmballot access, campaignsRick Hasen

AP: “As U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin considers a 2016 return bid for governor, Republicans hope to block West Virginia’s most prominent Democrat from handpicking his Senate successor for two years.”

“New Study Highlights Need for Expanded Voter Information in Judicial Races”

January 29, 2015, 3:30 pmcampaigns, judicial electionsRick Hasen

Court News Ohio: The biggest reason Ohioans say they don’t vote for judges is because they don’t know enough about the candidates. These and other results from a survey of 1,000 registered Ohio voters were discussed today at the… Continue reading

“Union wants Ohio Supreme Court’s Judith French off case, alleging bias”

January 29, 2015, 7:28 amcampaigns, judicial electionsRick Hasen

Columbus Dispatch: Ohio’s largest state-worker union accuses state Supreme Court Justice Judith L. French of showing potential bias in favor of fellow Republican officeholders in remarks she made at a campaign rally last fall

“Dems Warn They Can’t Counter The Koch Brothers’ $1 Billion In 2016″TP

January 28, 2015, 7:55 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

TPM.

“Money Trail Revealed: Did Eric O’Keefe Pay James O’Keefe for Hatchet Job on GOP Senate President?”

January 28, 2015, 11:57 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

PR Watch: Now CMD has discovered that O’Keefe indeed received a five-figure check from a “far-right buddy” and another “Scotty boy,” Wisconsin Club for Growth’s Eric O’Keefe. This O’Keefe is an old friend of the Brothers Koch, a founder… Continue reading

“Koch-backed network aims to spend nearly $1 billion on 2016 elections”

January 26, 2015, 4:14 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Huge (and hugely troubling). WaPo: A network of conservative advocacy groups backed by Charles and David Koch aims to spend a staggering $889 million in advance of the next White House election, part of an expansive strategy to build on… Continue reading

“Robes to riches: Money and judicial elections”

January 23, 2015, 2:35 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, judicial elections, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Chelsea Priest and Michael Mesitz write in the Stanford Daily on Williams-Yulee.

“Will the Roberts Court Strike Down Another Campaign Finance Law?”

January 21, 2015, 8:48 amcampaign finance, campaigns, judicial elections, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Jeff Shesol in The New Yorker. I’m afraid I don’t see as much of a connection between Williams Yulee and the Citizens United line of cases.

Mark Joseph Stern Slate Dispatch on Williams-Yulee

January 21, 2015, 8:47 amcampaign finance, campaigns, judicial elections, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here.

A Few Thoughts on Williams-Yulee, the Supreme Court Judicial Elections Case

January 20, 2015, 8:43 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, judicial elections, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Today was oral argument in the Williams-Yulee case, and Howard rounds up the press coverage. Here is the oral argument transcript. The case concerns the constitutionality of Florida’s ban on judicial candidates personally soliciting campaign contributions. I haven’t… Continue reading