Category Archives: campaigns
“Betsy DeVos, Trump’s Education Pick, Plays Hardball With Her Wealth”
NYT:
Like the Kochs, the DeVoses are generous supporters of think tanks that evangelize for unrestrained capitalism, like Michigan’s Acton Institute, and that rail against unions and back privatizing public services, like the Mackinac Center.
They have also funded national… Continue reading
FCC Issues Orders Related to Broadcasters’ Obligations to Disclose Information About Political Advertising
#DemocracyRIP: Russians Sought to Undermine Legitimacy of a Clinton Presidency in Social Media Campaign
From the joint intelligence report at page 2:
We assess the influence campaign aspired to help President-elect Trump’s chances of victory when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to the President-elect. When it appeared to Moscow… Continue reading
“Sensing Gains Ahead Under Trump, the Kochs Court Minorities”
NYT:
Fueling U.S. Forward is “dedicated to educating the public about the value and potential of American energy, the vast majority of which comes from fossil fuels,” the group says on its website. “We’ll talk to people of diverse backgrounds… Continue reading
“The Coming Speech Wars Online”
Paul Jossey in the National Review:
The Internet is an incredible human achievement. It has done more to ensure freedom and human rights than any government agency ever could. But such freedom is insecure when would-be censors exist either inside… Continue reading
“The FBI Never Asked For Access To Hacked Computer Servers”
BuzzFeed:
The FBI did not examine the servers of the Democratic National Committee before issuing a report attributing the sweeping cyberintrusion to Russia-backed hackers, BuzzFeed News has learned.
Six months after the FBI first said it was investigating the hack… Continue reading
“U.S. obtained evidence after election that Russia leaked emails: officials”
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