Howard rounds up the stories.

William J. Rinner has posted this draft (forthcoming, Yale Jaw Journal) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Note attempts to reroute a burgeoning area of campaign finance scholarship and reform. Though many previous proposals have enshrined liberty or equality… Continue reading

NJ.com reports.

Opinions will be issued. I no longer make predictions about whether Citizens United will be one of them.

I went out on a limb yesterday and predicted a cert. grant in Doe v. Reed, especially given the new meme on conservative fear of harassment. Well Lyle has just tweeted that cert. was granted. As I’ve said, this is… Continue reading

That’s one post-CU legislative idea being suggested by Rep. Alan Grayson.

Hans von Spakovsky and John Park have written this oped for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Hans has also written this piece against all-mail elections in Hawaii. (Hmmm…..this might require some investigation on the ground.)

The NY Times offers this report. When I see stories like this, and I think about Minnesota, I wonder whether states have an obligation to do something more to promote Condorcet winners, such as requiring runoff elections, allowing… Continue reading

Check out Linda Greenhouse (NYT), Emily Bazelon (Slate), Bob Barnes (WaPo). If the Court actually decides the cert. petition in Doe v. Reed today and grants it, I expect we’ll hear that within a few hours, as the Court is… Continue reading

Yesterday I missed linking to this item in the Washington Post.

You can find it here. It is really shaping up to be one of the most important election law conferences I can think of. It is not too late to register for the Jan. 29 event.

Back in December, I linked to a Richard Winger blog post on a challenge brought to five contribution limitations contained in the City of San Diego’s campaign finance ordinance. I recently was brought into the case to assist the legal … Continue reading

Sean Parnell has written this oped for the East Valley Tribune (Az).

Charles Stewart has the lead article in this week’s Electionline Weekly.