Jonathan Bernstein Says A Constitutional Convention the Worst Idea in American Politics
See here. I’d like to see him duke it out over this with Sandy Levinson.
Monthly Archives: April 2015
“Inevitable Censorship in Democracy21’s Proposed ‘Anti-Coordination’ Law”
“Billionaire plans to target GOP presidential hopefuls”
USA Today:
Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer’s political aides unveiled a campaign Monday to target the 2016 Republican presidential field on climate-change issues in battleground states.
At the center of Steyer’s strategy: linking the candidates to the billionaire industrialists Charles… Continue reading
“Oversimplifying Corruption and the Power of Disgust”
Bob Bauer with some important points on the connection between campaign finance reform and corruption, including some reflections on my draft paper, Why Isn’t Congress More Corrupt? A Preliminary Inquiry.
“With State Control, North Carolina Republicans Pursue Smaller Prizes”
NYT:
In 2011, soon after Republicans won control of the North Carolina General Assembly for the first time since Reconstruction, they set about redrawing congressional and state legislative districts to maximize their advantage, setting off legal challenges and bitter… Continue reading
“CLC Blog: Supreme Court, Meet Salomon Melgen and Senator Menendez”
New Voting Rights Challenge to Tuscon, AZ City Elections
“Guest Blog: Janai Nelson, Preserving the Nuance of a Suspended Section 5”
Here, at Hamilton and Griffin on rights.
“The GOP base isn’t necessarily more extreme. But it is more dominant.”
Aaron Blake for The Fix.
“Exclusive: New Ted Cruz Super-PACS Take in Record Haul”
“Wisconsin Re-elects Liberal Judge, but Opens Door for Conservative Chief Justice”
“To Get Ahead in Congress: Skip Governing, Raise Money; Just look at Aaron Schock.”
Trevor Potter and Meredith McGehee write for Politico.
“Supreme Court race, constitutional amendment top Tuesday’s ballot”
Big fights over judicial elections today in Wisconsin.
“One Walker legacy: making the political process more favorable to GOP”
Craig Gilbert Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel column:
Whichever way the pendulum swings next year, the 2016 race will be contested under a different set of political rules than those of previous decades, rules adopted by one party over the ardent opposition of… Continue reading