Monthly Archives: January 2015

“Not Even Reformers Can Follow Campaign-Finance Law”

January 6, 2015, 8:11 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Scott Blackburn in WSJ opinion: “Embrace the Irony.” That’s the slogan of Mayday PAC, the self-described “Super PAC to end all Super PACs” and brainchild of Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig. But there is unintended irony as well. Mayday PAC,… Continue reading

“Reining in the Purcell Principle”

January 5, 2015, 7:51 pmelection administration, Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have posted this draft on SSRN (for a March symposium on voting rights for the Florida State University Law Review). Here is the abstract: About a month before the 2014 election, the United States Supreme Court issued a series… Continue reading

“19 Years Later, Article by Kagan Echoes at the Supreme Court”

January 5, 2015, 5:45 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Adam Liptak Sidebar column. Back when Justice Kagan was a nominee, I looked at this same article by Kagan on the First Amendment (focusing in particular its discussion of the Supreme Court’s Austin case and campaign finance), and wrote The … Continue reading

“Who disagrees with ‘Selma’s’ portrayal of LBJ? Blacks in the civil rights era.”

January 5, 2015, 4:08 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Monkey Cage.

“The State as Witness: Windsor, Shelby County, and Judicial Distrust of the Legislative Record”

January 5, 2015, 3:11 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Bertrall Ross has posted this draft on SSRN (NYU Law Review). Here is the abstract: More than ever, the constitutionality of laws turns on judicial review of an underlying factual record, assembled by lawmakers. Some scholars have suggested that by… Continue reading