“STOCK Act to be Signed Today”
Sunlight Foundation: “A few of us at Sunlight are excited to be going to the bill signing ceremony for the STOCK Act (S. 2038) in a few hours. While the ultimate form the bill took was weaker… Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Amazon, B&N Offer 40% Discount on Preorders of The Voting Wars
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
There will be Kindle and other electronic versions of the book, but they are not available yet for preorder.
“Super PACs can be thwarted”
Fred Wertheimer has written this WaPo oped: “While we cannot end all super PACs, as long as the Citizens United decision stands, we can eliminate the type of candidate-specific super PACs being used in the presidential campaign. Democracy 21… Continue reading
“The (Non-)Effects of Campaign Finance Spending Bans on Macro Political Outcomes: Evidence from the States”
Ray LaRaja and Brian Schaffner have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This paper seeks to understand the effect of campaign finance laws on electoral and policy outcomes. Spurred by the recent Supreme Court decision, Citizens United… Continue reading
“Can Someone Put a Stop to the Insanity of Political Redistricting?”
Nick Stephanopoulos: “Americans have gotten used to this baroque struggle, but it’s worth remembering that most foreign observers consider it bizarre, even pathological. Compared to other countries with similar electoral systems, the American model of redistricting is an extreme… Continue reading
“Do Negative Ads Make A Difference? Political Scientists Say Not So Much”
NPR reports.
“Liberal Group Calls on States to Support Montana Limits on Corporate Money”
Bloomberg BNA: “The liberal group Democracy for America (DFA) said April 3 that it was launching a campaign to urge state attorneys general across the country to sign onto a friend-of-the-court brief. The brief would support the position of Montana… Continue reading
Did Mitt Romney Engage in Illegal Vote Buying in Wisconsin?
ABC News reports that Democrats are accusing Mitt Romney of violating the laws on bribing voters. Here’s what happened, according to ABC,
Romney and Ryan’s event at Cousins Subs, billed by the former’s presidential campaign as an “Election Day Lunch,”… Continue reading
“State Constitutions: A New Battleground in Voting Rights”
Josh Douglas has written this oped for Jurist.
Facinating Fifth Circuit Order to Obama DOJ to Admit Judicial Review Premise of Marbury v. Madison
CBS News reports.
Craig Newmark Infographic on Restrictive New Voting Laws
Check it out here [via Brennan Center].
“Democratizing the Economic Sphere: A Case for the Political Boycott”
Theresa Lee has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The political boycott, though recently under attack through litigation aimed at compelled disclosure regimes, is a critical tool in constructing American democracy. Defining political boycotts as those refusals… Continue reading
Stat of the Day
“During the 56 minutes of Verrilli’s initial argument last Tuesday — before his four-minute rebuttal at the end — he was interrupted 103 times by the justices…By contrast, Paul Clement, who was arguing for the states that challenged the Affordable… Continue reading
“We the Corporations?: The Constitutionality of Limitations on Corporate Electoral Speech After Citizens United”
Jessica Levinson has posted this draft on SSRN (University of San Francisco Law Review). Here is the abstract:
Corporations are not, in fact, living, breathing human beings, and therefore should not be treated as such in the campaign finance context.… Continue reading