“The Tea Party Is Wrong About The Cromnibus Campaign Finance Rider”
Paul Jossey oped in the Daily Caller.
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Brad Blog v. Bloomberg View on Voter ID Laws’ Effects on Turnout
Here.
“McAuliffe proposes $28 million to replace voting machines around the state”
“Voting case mirrors national struggle”
Must-read AJC deep dive into a local Georgia voting controversy.
“Ohio’s Redistricting Breakthrough”
Zack Roth writes for MSNBC.
“Denying Deference: Civil Rights and Judicial Resistance to Administrative Constitutionalism”
Bertrall Ross has posted this draft on SSRN (University of Chicago Legal Forum). Here is the abstract:
What determines the level of deference the Supreme Court gives to agency interpretations of statutes? One explanation is that deference choices accord with… Continue reading
Must-Buy: Bruce Cain’s “Democracy More or Less”
The book is out today, and you can’t be in the election law field without reading it. Here are the blurbs, including my own:
“Everyone talks about the dysfunction of American politics, but very few people have practical or… Continue reading
“Why we still need to worry about money in politics”
Lee Drutman for the Monkey Cage:
Over at the New York Times, Binyamin Appelbaum is the latest columnist to downplay the role of money in politics. His new column, “Who Wants to Buy a Politician?” has the same… Continue reading
Fred Wertheimer: “Who Shot John: The Story of How $777,600 Contribution “Limits” Ended up in The Omnibus Bill”
For the Cromnibus, a Sausage Made of Salty Food and Cow Belches
“But First Let Me Take a Selfie (Just Not in the Voting Booth)”
“Perspectives on Campaign Finance Reform in the Next Phase”
“The Cromnibus Takes a Step to Tame Wild West of Campaign Spending”
“RIP: Obama the Campaign-Finance Reformer”
Annie Linskey for Bloomberg View.
The problem with the headline is that it assumes he was ever a reformer, as opposed to simply one who has given lip service to the issue all the way through.