“Keep Shining the Light on ‘Dark Money’”
Bob Bauer and Sam Issacharoff opinion piece in Politico.
Monthly Archives: April 2015
“Inside The Dark-Money Consortium Backing Hillary Clinton”
Paul Jossey at The Federalist.
“Presupposing Corruption: Access, Influence, and the Future of the Pay-to-Play Legal Framework”
Allison Davis has posted a draft of this student note (forthcoming William & Mary Business Law Review) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Political spending, in all of its various permutations, lies at the nexus between campaign finance law and… Continue reading
“Democrats Keep Lead in Party Identification”
Nate Cohn analysis at NYT’s The Upshot.
“Group Spells Out 5-Year Plan to Build Liberal ‘Infrastructure’”
“Wealthy donors on left launch new plan to wrest back control in the states”
“Opinion: Fayette at-large voting discriminates”
“Do the Facts of Voting Rights Support Chief Justice Roberts’s Opinion in Shelby County?”
Looks like a major empirical paper out from Morgan Kousser (forthcoming, Transatlanica). Here is the abstract:
In June, 2013, a 5-4 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court brought to an abrupt and likely permanent end the most important provision of… Continue reading
“Hedge-Fund Magnate Robert Mercer Emerges as a Generous Backer of Cruz”
“Judge Scolds U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Over Speeches And Tweets”
BuzzFeed:
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara was scolded by a federal judge today for his comments to the press and his office’s tweets in the aftermath of the arrest of former New York state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver. The embattled… Continue reading
Bainbridge: “Corporate Social Responsibility in the Night-Watchman State”
New Steve Bainbridge in the Columbia Law Review Sidebar:
In a recent article,[5] Strine and his coauthor Nicholas Walter argue that the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United v. FEC [6]decision poses a significant challenge for “conservative corporate… Continue reading
“New law forces a choice – job or elected office”
“Federal judge deals Utah Republican Party a blow in its challenge of new election law”
Salt Lake Tribune:
A federal judge on Friday refused to block a new Utah law that will change the way candidates are nominated in next year’s election.
U.S. District Judge David Nuffer ruled from the bench at the conclusion… Continue reading