“MINNESOTA’S $50 POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION REFUNDS ENDED ON JULY 1”
The Campaign Finance Institute has released this report.
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Pildes: Hanging In on Bailing Out
Rick Pildes sends along this guest post:
A number of us have been trying to work out the implications of the Court’s NAMUNDO decision for the next constitutional challenge to Section 5. I now want to address Armand Dernfer’s brief … Continue reading
Beth Garrett’s Review of Elhauge’s “Statutory Default Rules” Book
Here, in the Harvard Law Review.
Profile of NAMUDNO Plaintiff’s Lawyer Greg Coleman
Here, in the Austin-American Statesman. A snippet: “When he has a choice of cases, Coleman said he looks for pro bono work that fits his philosophy. He took the Voting Rights Act case largely for free, with only a… Continue reading
In the Election Law Mailbag
Criminal Disenfranchisement in an International Perspective (Alex Ewald and Brandon Rottinghaus eds., Cambridge 2009)
Steven F. Huefner, Congressional Searches and Seizures: The Place of Legislative Privilege, 24 Journal of Law and Politics 271 (Summer 2008) (no web link available)
Does the Presence of Direct Democracy Cause a Decrease of Trust in Government?
That’s the conclusion of this new study by Joshua J. Dyck in American Politics Research.
“Understanding the Labyrinth: New York’s Ballot Access Laws”
This item appears in the Gotham Gazette.
Will Citizens United Feature Prominently in the Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings?
NLJ says yes.
Mark Shelden on Residual Votes and the Democracy Index
See here. Looking forward to Heather’s reply.
Rep. Kalin Responds to WSJ Coleman-Franken Editorial
Minnesota State Representative Jeremy Kalin sends along this letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal:
Dear WSJ Editors,
I am a business-oriented Democratic lawmaker and a regular reader of the Wall Street Journal. I often look to the… Continue reading
“Is Now Really The Time To Loosen Corporate Spending? The Supreme Court Takes An Aggressive Posture On Rethinking Political Finance Limits”
Eliza’s latest.
Republican FEC Commissioners Side with DCCC in Dispute Concerning Whether Disclaimers are Necessary with Telephone Polls (including so-called Push Polls)
“McCain, Feingold Team Up Again Over FEC”
The Washington Post offers this report.
“Pure Overreach”
The NY Times offers this editorial on Citizens United.