Monthly Archives: July 2013
“CBC seeks improvements to voting law”
The Hill:
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are seeking to strengthen the Voting Rights Act by making it easier for judges to expand voter protections across the country in response to individual discrimination lawsuits.
The effort goes beyond… Continue reading
“Jim Sensenbrenner, GOP Voting Rights Act Champion, Fears Black Panthers Case Will Stop Reform”
Ryan Reilly gets the big quotes from Rep. Sensenbrenner on the prospects for fixing the VRA:
“It’s going to be much more difficult,” Sensenbrenner said. “Both figuring out how to make Section 4 compliant with the court’s decision in the… Continue reading
“The Super PACs in the Campaign Finance Reform Debate”
Bauer:
What to do about super PACs? Joel Gora, no admirer of campaign finance restrictions, argues that we should defend them. Joel Gora, Free Speech, Fair Elections, and Campaign Finance Laws: Can They Co-Exist? Brooklyn Law School, Legal Studies… Continue reading
“Justices to tackle campaign finance, affirmative action”
Richard Wolf reports for USA Today.
“Blame the IRS or Fix It? Rules of the Game”
“Elections changes advance in Senate”
WRAL:
After close to two hours of debate and discussion, during which lawmakers were roundly criticized by members of the public, a Senate committee passed a raft of elections reforms Tuesday.
House Bill 589 sat idle for three months… Continue reading
OC Register on UCI’s SCOTUS Term in Review Event
“Phew:” Liberal SCOTUS Justices See Themselves as Savvy, Not Suckers
In a recent Slate piece, I asked whether the liberal Justices are savvy or suckers for signing on to recent voting rights and affirmative action rulings:
At first glance, the 7–1 vote in the Fisher affirmative action case decided by… Continue reading
Will Democratic FEC Commissioners Boycott Tomorrow’s Meeting to Deny Don McGahn a Quorum to Pass His Enforcement-Crushing Measure?
[UPDATE: The FEC enforcement issue is being held over to a future meeting).
Craig Holman:
One Democratic commissioner left in February, leaving three Republicans and two Democrats on the Commission. McGahn is hoping to take advantage of… Continue reading
“The System of Campaign Finance Disclosure”
Anthony Johnstone has posted this draft online (forthcoming, Iowa Law Review Bulletin). It responds to Michael Gilbert, Campaign Finance Disclosure and the Information Tradeoff (Iowa Law Review). Here is the abstract:
This essay considers the information tradeoff model as… Continue reading
Supreme Court to Hear McCutcheon Campaign Finance Case on October 8
So reports Adam Liptak.
“Finally, Real Numbers on Voter ID”
Nate Cohn:
These data leave no question about whether voter ID laws have a disparate impact on non-white voters. In that sense, Democratic fears and Republican hopes are confirmed. But the North Carolina data also suggests that voter ID… Continue reading
“North Carolina Republicans Push Extreme Voter Suppression Measures”
Ari Berman’s latest:
Here are the details, via North Carolina State Senator Josh Stein (D-Wake County):
If anyone had any doubt about the bill’s intent to suppress voters, all he/she has to do is read it. The bill now… Continue reading