Monthly Archives: August 2013

“House Committee Subpoenas Treasury for Tax-Exempt Application Documents”

August 2, 2013, 11:29 amcampaign finance, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA Breaking News: “House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) issued a subpoena Aug. 2 to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew to compel the production of various documents the committee wants for its investigation into the Internal… Continue reading

“Leahy Eyes ‘Nuclear Option’ Threat to Confirm Judges”

August 2, 2013, 11:13 amlegislation and legislatures, political parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Roll Call reports.

“North Carolina Voter ID Law Could Lead To Increased Voter Intimidation, Harassment, Election Officials Fear”

August 2, 2013, 10:54 amThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

HuffPo reports.

Stewart Baker Mea Culpa

August 2, 2013, 10:49 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Wow. Stewart Baker crosses out most of his post yesterday (about which I and others were critical) and adds the following: CORRECTION/UPDATE: Having talked in some detail with folks at Facebook, I’ve concluded that this post was just… Continue reading

“The slow deaths of presidential super PACs”

August 2, 2013, 9:21 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

CPI reports.

“The Obligation of Members of Congress to Consider Constitutionality While Deliberating and Voting: The Deficiencies of House Rule XII and a Proposed Rule for the United States Senate”

August 2, 2013, 9:01 amlegislation and legislaturesRick Hasen

Former Senator Russ Feingold has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Most scholarly attention on constitutional interpretation is focused on the judicial branch and the role of the judiciary in our system of separation of powers. Nonetheless… Continue reading

The Law of Democracy: 2013 Supplement

August 2, 2013, 8:54 amUncategorizedRichard Pildes

How many books thank both Barack Obama and John Yoo? I know of one — and it might well be the only one: The Law of Democracy: Legal Structure of the Political Process. Back in the mid-1990s, when we were… Continue reading

“Saboteurs in the Potato Salad”

August 2, 2013, 8:48 amcampaigns, legislation and legislatures, political parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Tim Egan: Just now, a cell of several hundred people has been dispatched into the American summer, to picnics, town halls, radio stations, hospitals and Little League playing fields, with a mission to derail the economic recovery and drum up… Continue reading