“The United States Moves One Step Closer to Full Oligarchy”
Matt Taylor writes for Vice.
Monthly Archives: April 2014
“Problems and questions face D.C. following primary”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.
“Attorney: NC photo ID wouldn’t stop 2-state voting”
Jonathan Bernstein on McCutcheon
Here, at BV.
“Legal Experts React to Supreme Court’s Campaign-Finance Ruling”
Ashby Jones for WSJ.
“Does the Chief Justice not understand politics, or does he understand it all too well?”
I have written this analysis for the SCOTUSBlog McCutcheon symposium. It begins:
Chief Justice Roberts has moved the Supreme Court’s election law jurisprudence steadily and stealthily in his preferred direction. Usually this involves subtle shifts in doctrine, the planting and… Continue reading
SCOTUSBlog Symposium on McCutcheon
“North Carolina Analysis of Multi-State Voters Likely Sets Up Familiar Drama”
Chapin cautions against overreacting. Good luck with that!
Lyle Denniston Fact Checks My Slate Statement About the McCutcheon Opinion Leading to Even More Deregulation
Constitution Check:
Lyle Denniston looks at how the First Amendment remains a high – and perhaps rising – barrier to close regulation of campaign dollars.
THE STATEMENTS AT ISSUE:
“Chief Justice Roberts has now set the course toward even… Continue reading
“McCutcheon v. FEC, Part II: The Chief Justice on Earmarking “
Brian Svoboda: “Yet even if Justice Breyer was wrong, are the anti-earmarking provisions as unforgiving as the Chief Justice argued? The FEC’s decisions suggest that they are not.”
“John Roberts’s rules of money in politics”
Josh Gerstein reports for Politico. Josh quotes me on the Chief Justice’s “nothing to see here, folks” style of writing blockbuster opinions.
“John Roberts Lays The Groundwork To Wipe Out Campaign Finance Limits”
“Divided Court Strikes Total Limits on Campaign Contributions”
Marcia Coyle writes for NLJ.
“Opinion: Political Speech Triumphs in McCutcheon Decision”
James Copland in NLJ.