Monthly Archives: April 2014
“Supreme Oligarchy”
E.J. Dionne on McCutcheon.
“A Novel Proposal from Heather Gerken: Plus One More, Also from Yale”
“In Politics, Money is Speech”
Robert Samuelson WaPo column.
“Big Money’s Grip Stronger Than Ever”
Dorf on McCutcheon
Here, at Justia.
“Comptroller to Forgo Financing by Public”
NYT:
Thomas P. DiNapoli, the state comptroller, is the first to admit that what he plans to do is hypocritical.
But it is true: After decades spent calling for the public financing of political campaigns, Mr. DiNapoli, a Democrat, says… Continue reading
“Floyd Abrams on the ‘Disturbing Recurring Reality’ of Collective Liberty”
A Little Late Dept: “Plaintiff in Campaign-Finance Case Supports Some Limits”
WSJ reports.
Of course, what Shaun McCutcheon thinks about this is totally irrelevant at this point.
I expect next the attack on soft money rules (to the extent new “super committees” don’t just lead to full soft money explosion) before… Continue reading
Two Tiered Voting Could Come to Kansas This Year if Stay Granted in Kobach v. EAC Case
Quote of the Day
“You can do things here incredibly, incredibly cheaply. For instance, A.F.P., the Koch brothers, went and did North Carolina last time. Well, a legislative seat here is about one-fourth the size of a legislative seat in North Carolina. So there’s… Continue reading
“Congressional committee chairs have lost much of their prestige, allure”
The Fix talks to Paul Kane.
“To Strike at Kochs, Democrats Revive Tactic That Hurt Romney”
“American Tradition Partnership is Back”
The latest from Montana.