Monthly Archives: March 2015
“So Far The 2016 Campaign Is More Like The 2016 Un-campaign”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
“Selma’s Senator Not Really Sure What’s Going On With That Voting Rights Stuff”
“Is It Sheldon Adelson’s World?”
Tom Friedman NYT column.
Amicus Brief in Same Sex Marriage Cases Stresses Right of Married Couples to Make Political Contributions
Interesting (via Ken Doyle).
“A New Approach to Coordination Between Super PACs and Candidates in Political Fundraising”
New Harvard Law Review note:
Employing the principles of the state campaign finance regimes, section III.A proposes a potential framework for the FEC and state election agencies to use in redefining existing understandings of “coordination” to account for coordinated fundraising… Continue reading
Sen. Cornyn on the VRA and Voter ID
Meredith Shiner interview:
Did you consider going to Selma this past weekend for the ceremonies honoring the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, and are you concerned that issues of voting rights and enfranchisement seem to be becoming more… Continue reading
“Why Congress Relies on Lobbyists Instead of Thinking for Itself”
Lee Drutman and Steven Teles at The Atlantic.
Some Thoughts on UCI Law’s Initial US News Ranking at 30
With news this week that the new UCI Law school placed at 30 in its initial US News law ranking, I thought I would offer some thoughts. But first two caveats: (1) I’m a member of the faculty of… Continue reading
“Likely 2016 presidential candidates put money to work through their PACs”
“How the Decline of Trust led to Dysfunctional Government”
Stephen Griffin:
That is, in essence, the thesis of a new book I’ve written. Intended to be short and accessible, the University Press of Kansas is publishing it this fall in a series edited by Sandy and Jeff Tulis. … Continue reading
“Why is there no absentee voting in Israel?”
TLV1:
Close to a million Israeli adults will be out of the country on Election Day next week – almost 15 percent of the total number of eligible voters. With Israeli election law forbidding voting from abroad, a large… Continue reading
“How to end the tyranny of the Electoral College”
Rob Richie and Claire Daviss oped.