Monthly Archives: May 2014
“Regulating Political Campaigns – An Unavoidable Compromise?”
Emese Szilágyi has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Legislators in Europe and elsewhere try to enact campaign-regulations which help to preserve the fairness of the political competition. These rules have the same aim: to guarantee the… Continue reading
“Was the Chief Justice’s McCutcheon Opinion Honest? A Response to Fred Wertheimer”
“Three-Judge Panel Disregards Precedent to Gut Wisconsin Political Disclosure Laws”
“Conyers files federal lawsuit in fight to stay on primary ballot”
Yeah, there was little doubt this was coming.
[UPDATE: The story now clarifies that Conyers joined an existing suit and did not file a separate suit.]
“Jerry Brown signs law requiring political nonprofits identify donors”
SacBee:
Nonprofit organizations that make political contributions in California will have to disclose more information about the source of their money under a law Gov. Jerry Brown signed Wednesday.
Senate Bill 27 was inspired by the 2012 ballot measure… Continue reading
“Is the GOP Retreating on Voting Rights? Don’t Count on It”
Zach Roth reports for MSNBC.
“NEW: IRS office in D.C. heavily involved in tea party assault”
Washington Times:
A year after a scorching audit revealed that the Internal Revenue Service targeted tea party groups for intrusive scrutiny, and despite an effort to clean house at the agency, many of those groups are still awaiting approval for… Continue reading
“Has Social Media Changed Elections?”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.
“Leahy Announces June 3 Hearing On Constitutional Amendment To Rein In Massive Campaign Spending”
See this press release.
I’m an opponent of both Citizens United and the constitutional amendment approach. See
Three Wrong Progressive Approaches (and One Right One) to Campaign Finance Reform, 8 Harvard Law & Policy Review 21 (2014)
“Missoula commissioners hear critics of appointed elections administrator”
The Missoulian:
If you oversee voting – the most basic right in a democracy – you should be directly accountable to voters.
So said many members of the public who spoke Wednesday at a Missoula Board of County Commissioners… Continue reading
“Political Corruption and the Academic Left; the Rick Hasen Edition”
How the Failure to Redistrict Has Shaped Indian Politics
From Ellen Barry’s article in the NY Times:
For generations, Congress [the dominant political party] politicians have focused heavily on the rural electorate, in part because a 30-year freeze on redistricting kept the number of urban constituencies artificially low, said… Continue reading
The “Greatest Get-Out-the-Vote Video Ever Made” is NSFW
and it’s Danish!
A must watch.