Monthly Archives: April 2015

Justice Sotomayor Unfairly Slams #SCOTUS Press Corps

April 10, 2015, 1:22 pmSupreme CourtRick Hasen

BLT: Sotomayor also took a swipe at media coverage of the court. “I pick up a newspaper half an hour after we’ve issued a decision,” she said, “and they’re writing about what we’ve done wrong, and half the time… Continue reading

“Why is Blago’s appeal dragging on and on?”

April 10, 2015, 10:35 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Gerald Skoning with a question I’ve been asking for a while.

Campaign Reform Groups Really Afraid of Constitutional Convention

April 10, 2015, 9:48 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

I find this odd and misplaced. Tell me what campaign finance reform measure is going to get approved by a supermajority of the states right now, in either direction.

“Insane” Hillary Clinton Fundraising Push Coming?

April 10, 2015, 8:15 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Daily Beast. NYT: But even as Mrs. Clinton attempts to set aside her celebrity and offer herself as a fighter for ordinary voters, her finance team and the outside groups supporting her candidacy have started collecting checks in what is… Continue reading

Political Wire Finds the Election Law Quote of the Year

April 10, 2015, 8:14 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

But for Taegen is is only the Quote for the Day: “He goes, ‘Hey, man, what are you in for?’ I go, ‘Campaign-finance violation.’ He goes, ‘What the fuck does that mean?’” — Dinesh D’Souza, quoted by Vanity Fair… Continue reading

“Reflecting a racial shift, 78 counties turned majority-minority since 2000”

April 10, 2015, 7:55 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Pew Research Center. See also this graphic. (h/t Wonk Wire)

Federal Court to WI Chief Justice Abrahamson: Follow Federal Rules for TROs

April 10, 2015, 7:50 amRemediesRick Hasen

This is somewhat surprising. As I tell my Remedies students, it is well established that under both constitutional law (see Carroll v. Princess Anne) and FRCP 65, one cannot get a temporary restraining order without giving notice to the… Continue reading

“A Checkbox On Your Tax Return Helped Kill Public Campaign Funding”

April 10, 2015, 7:41 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

FiveThirtyEight reports.

“Super PACs move to forefront of 2016 campaigns”

April 10, 2015, 7:41 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Fredreka Schouten for USA Today.

“Second Fiddles, in a Tribute to Buckley”

April 10, 2015, 7:38 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Bauer blogs.

Heather Gerken, Vampire Slayer

April 10, 2015, 7:37 amelection law bizRick Hasen

Or something like that.

“Supreme Court declines to weigh in on voter eligibility legislation”

April 9, 2015, 9:16 pmvotingRick Hasen

Concord Monitor: “The New Hampshire Supreme Court is declining to weigh in on the constitutionality of a bill that would tie a person’s voting domicile to motor vehicle law – for now, at least.”

“New York Board of Elections Must Close LLC Loophole”

April 9, 2015, 2:43 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Release:”After Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State legislature failed to pass the most needed ethics and campaign finance reforms this spring, the Board of Elections must close a corporate loophole that allows wealthy donors to bypass campaign… Continue reading