“Who is Paying for Political Ads?”
Newton Minow and Henry Geller explore.
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Seventh Circuit Strikes Down Aggregate Campaign Contribution Limit as Applied to Independent Expenditure Only PACs
See here.
What Bush v. Gore Teaches About the Texas Redistricting Case
Texas goes to SCOTUS with a good chance of winning.
“Rokita finds election law expertise useful as he adjusts to life on Hill”
The Hill reports.
“Texas Elections Are in Limbo Over Redistricting Issue”
What a mess!
Don’t Miss Important Salon Story on Americans Elect and the Democracy Deficit
This story may have gotten buried by the weekend, and the grant of a hearing in the Texas redistricting case.
“Florida’s Infamous Voting Machines Sold By Collector”
NPR reports. I’m about to show off my machine to an AP Government class at my daughter’s high school. Topic of the day: The Voting Wars.
“In Jack Abramoff’s memoir, ‘Capitol Punishment,’ an unrepentant reformer?”
This book review appears in the Washington Post.
“Who is Behind the Attacks on Dem Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren?”
Interesting insights from Open Secrets into American Crossroads, Crossroads GPS, anonymity and fundraising.
“Forgotten But Not Yet Gone: Is This the End of the EAC?”
Doug Chapin’s pre-obituary: “The current move to eliminate the EAC stems from frustration that the agency didn’t turn out the way Congress wanted; however, I think it’s fair to say that the EAC is exactly the agency that Congress… Continue reading
Don’t Be Blu, Man
Court does not decide Bluman case involving foreign campaign $; Why the delay? See here.
Will We Hear Something Tomorrow at 10 AM If SCOTUS Will Hear the Foreign Campaign Spending Case?
The Bluman case was on the Supreme Court’s conference list last week. (Background on the issues in the case here.)
Because the case came up on an appeal rather than a cert. petition (a rarity outside of election law,… Continue reading
Quote of the Day, or What Bush v. Gore Tells Us About the Texas Case
“It suffices to say that the issuance of the stay suggests that a majority of the Court, while not deciding
the issues presented, believe that the petitioner has a substantial probability of success.”
–Justice Scalia, concurring in the… Continue reading
“John Edwards could win on experts issue”
Josh Gerstein: “At long last, John Edwards may finally have caught a break. While a federal court in North Carolina was considering the government’s motion to block his effort to call two campaign finance law experts to bolster his… Continue reading