Monthly Archives: March 2014

Coming Late Summer: Legislation, Statutory Interpretation & Election Law: Examples & Explanations

March 5, 2014, 7:22 ampedagogyRick Hasen

I’ve turned in a completed first draft of this book, with the hopes that it will be out in time for fall classes. This book, part of Aspen’s great Examples & Explanations series, is a student-friendly treatise with questions and… Continue reading

“How a Campaign Organization Became a ‘Social Welfare’ Group”

March 5, 2014, 7:05 amcampaign finance, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

Wisdom from David Firestone ( NYT ed) on the OFA scandal.

“Fallout from the IRS Rulemaking on Tax-Exempt ‘Candidate-Related Activity'”

March 5, 2014, 7:04 amcampaign finance, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

Bob Bauer blogs.

Debo Adegbile Nomination to DOJ Civil Rights Post May Be in Trouble

March 4, 2014, 8:41 pmDepartment of JusticeRick Hasen

WaPo: Once considered the world’s best-known death row inmate, Abu-Jamal has written books from his prison cell, had his cause championed by prominent civil rights advocates including Cornel West and Desmond Tutu, and had a street in Paris named… Continue reading

“Group Close to Obama Says It Erred on Donation”

March 4, 2014, 8:38 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

NYT reports.

“Justice Ginsburg’s Umbrella”

March 4, 2014, 5:39 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Ellen Katz has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, A Nation of Widening Opportunities? The Civil Rights Act at Fifty, Samuel Bagenstos and Ellen Katz, eds., University of Michigan Press, 2014). Here is the abstract: This Essay relies on an… Continue reading

“What the Texas primary will – and won’t – tell us about voter ID”

March 4, 2014, 2:24 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Michael Li blogs.

Brad Smith Appointed by Jon Husted to Resolve Dispute Over Libertarian Ohio Gubernatorial Candidate

March 4, 2014, 2:22 pmballot accessRick Hasen

See this report. Regular blog readers know Smith as a former Republican FEC commissioner and campaign finance expert. But he’s also the author of Bradley A. Smith, Note, Judicial Protection of Ballot-Access Rights: Third Parties Need Not Apply, 28 Harvard… Continue reading

“Legal Center Defends Mississippi Disclosure Laws in 5th Circuit Filing”

March 4, 2014, 2:15 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Press release: “Yesterday, the Campaign Legal Center filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in defense of the State of Mississippi’s campaign finance disclosure laws. The brief urges the Court of Appeals to… Continue reading

Must-Watch Troubling Report on OFA Fundraising

March 4, 2014, 12:25 pmcampaign finance, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

Chuck Todd for NBC News: “To sum up, OFA acknowledges that the executive director John Carson actually set up two meetings for a potential donor to discuss his own legal problems, one with an official from the White House… Continue reading

“Texas Elections Mark Start of State Balloting With Photo ID Laws”

March 4, 2014, 10:26 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Bloomberg reports.

“Rand Paul Hatches A Backup Plan In Case He Runs For President And Loses”

March 4, 2014, 9:41 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

TPM: “If Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) decides to run for president, he doesn’t want to lose his Senate seat in the process. So Paul is reportedly asking Kentucky lawmakers to file a bill clarifying a state law that prevents… Continue reading