Monthly Archives: March 2010
Senator Reid Criticizes Supreme Court on CU
Here.
“Organized Labor and Citizens United”
Steven J. Law of the Chamber has written this WSJ oped.
Lots of CU-Related Stuff in Latest Covington Political Law Update
Here.
“Higher Corporate Spending on Election Ads Could Be All but Invisible”
ProPublica offers this important report.
“Roberts: Corporate $peech Good, Presidential Speech ‘Very Troubling'”
James Sample blogs on the CU-related controversy between the President and Chief Justice of the United States.
Watch the Webcast and Read the Witness Testimony at Today’s Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Citizens United (But Don’t “Freak Out”)
Here. It appears Brad Smith led to some freaking out at the hearing today.
“A Push to Supplement Tuesday Voting With Weekends”
See this NYT report.
Measure to Extend Prop. 11 to Congressional Elections Likely to Appear on the Ballot
See here.
“Judicial Recusals & Evolving Notions of Due Process”
Andrey Spektor and Michael Zuckerman have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This piece considers the merits of applying the Mathews v. Eldridge balancing test when an elected judge threatens a litigant’s due process rights. We argue… Continue reading
National Institute on Money in State Politics Issues Report on 2008 Ballot Measure Spending
Here. The headline: “Money raised to support or oppose ballot measures climbed to $814 million in 2008–the highest amount since the Institute began collecting data on ballot measures in 2004. Businesses and special interests with a dog in the… Continue reading
von Spakovsky Attacks DOJ Civil Rights Lawyers, Including Three Well Known to Readers of this Blog: Sam Hirsch, Sam Bagenstos, and Julie Fernandes
Here.
Two Student Election Law Pieces in Latest Issue of Harvard Law Review
Making Ballot Initiatives Work: Some Assembly Required (citizen assemblies and direct democracy)
Ninth Circuit Holds Montana Election Contribution Disclosure Requirements Unconstitutional as Applied to De Minimis Contributions. — Canyon Ferry Road Baptist Church of East Helena, Inc. v. Unsworth, 556 … Continue reading
“To Fix the Supreme Court’s Citizens United Decision, Copy the Brits”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy writes this US News opinion piece.… Continue reading