Monthly Archives: April 2013
“New York Reform = Public Financing”
“How the ban on earmarks killed the gun bill”
The Fix:
Washington used to be a place where lawmakers openly traded votes for both concrete and symbolic concessions from the executive branch, whether it was a project in a member’s district or simply the president’s presence at a… Continue reading
“Romney strategist: We were two years behind Obama”
No More Twitter Campaign Ban in Japan
“Major Colo. election changes get 1st OK by House”
AP reports. Follow @IvanJourno if you care about what’s happening with Colorado election law.
“A Simple Plan to Drastically Improve Voting, Stop Fraud, and Save Money”
Trevor Potter: The best hope for reform is with registration reforms at the state level, says the lawyer for John McCain’s 2008 campaign and Stephen Colbert’s super PAC.
Caperton v. Massey Lives!
Whodathunk it?
The Virginia Supreme Court of Virginia ruled unanimously that Hugh Caperton and his coal companies — Harman Mining and Sovereign Coal Sales — can pursue a lawsuit against the former A.T. Massey Coal Co. in a Virginia circuit… Continue reading
“Scalia’s latest: Unethical or merely appalling?”
AFJ blogs on the Justice’s recent statements about the Voting Rights Act.
More Political Dysfunction
I’ve posted a revised draft of my article, “Political Dysfunction and Constitutional Change,” on SSRN. The article has already provoked some interesting reactions from Eric Alterman, Jonathan Bernstein, and Seth Masket.
I plan to write… Continue reading
“A national popular vote would make every vote for president count”
Retired Oregon Chief Justice Paul de Muniz has written this oped.
“US Senate Succumbs to NRA Protection Racket: Filibuster Assures Easy Access to Guns for Criminals, Mentally Ill People and Terrorists”
Richard Painter, President Bush’s ethics czar, has this post at the Legal Ethics Forum.
“‘All the President’s Men Revisited’: Watergate again, but not just a nostalgia trip”
WaPo on new documentary.
2013 Election Law Casebook Supplement Coming This Summer
This is a post for instructors who will be teaching a course on Election Law in the fall. Dan Tokaji and I will soon begin work on the 2013 supplement to Lowenstein, Hasen, and Tokaji, Election Law–Cases and Materials (5th… Continue reading