Monthly Archives: June 2015

David Keating Responds to SacBee Editorial on Disclosing CCP Donor List

June 9, 2015, 8:05 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Keating: By claiming the right to the donor lists of all 501(c)(3) organizations that seek public support from Californians, Attorney General Kamala Harris can build a government database of donors to nearly every charity and nonpolitical nonprofit in the… Continue reading

“State Employees Are Having A Hard Time Explaining Scott Walker’s New Voting Restrictions”

June 8, 2015, 6:52 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Think Progress reports.

“Is Hillary Clinton Dooming Real Election Reform? If the Democratic front-runner cares so much about voting rights, then she shouldn’t be politicizing them.”

June 8, 2015, 1:16 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this new piece for Slate. It begins: Hillary Clinton spoke at Texas Southern University last week, where she put forward some good and provocative ideas for improving our elections. She wants Congress to fix the part of… Continue reading

Read the Ravel-Weintraub Petition for the FEC to Engage in New Rulemaking

June 8, 2015, 9:33 amcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Here.

Joan Biskupic Takes Deep Dive into Ed Blum’s Latest Litigation: Against Harvard’s Admissions Policy

June 8, 2015, 9:29 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Read this from Reuters: In recent months, Harvard University has come under attack in court for allegedly limiting the number of Asian-American students it admits. A Reuters examination reveals how the lawsuit brought in their name arose from a… Continue reading

“Exclusive: Two FEC officials implore agency to curb 2016 election abuse”

June 8, 2015, 8:18 amcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Fredreka Schouten for USA Today reports that FEC Commissioners Ravel and Weintraub “are filing a formal petition, urging their own agency to write rules to clamp down on unfettered political spending and unmask the anonymous money flooding U.S. elections.”

“Billionaire Or Bust: Who Are Rich Backers Lining Up With?”

June 8, 2015, 7:19 amcampaign finance, Plutocrats UnitedRick Hasen

Peter Overby on the plutocrat/sugar daddy phenomenon.

“Counting Everyone for ‘One Person, One Vote'”

June 8, 2015, 7:15 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Jost on Justice.

“Citizens United Shouldn’t Get All the Blame”

June 8, 2015, 7:14 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Wendy Kaminer Boston Globe column.

“The super PAC minuet”

June 8, 2015, 7:12 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

George Will WaPo column.

#SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Another Redistricting Case Next Term, This One with Lower (Or at Least More Obscure) Stakes

June 8, 2015, 6:53 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

This morning, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Shapiro v. Mack, a redistricting case raising a procedural point: “Whether a single-judge district court may determine that a complaint covered by 28 U.S.C. § 2284 is insubstantial, and that three… Continue reading

Mike Carvin Says SCOTUS Appeal Likely in VA Redistricting Case

June 7, 2015, 9:26 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

WaPo.

Quote of the Day: Celebrity SCOTUS Edition

June 7, 2015, 9:22 pmCelebrity Justice, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

“Never compromise your principles,…unless of course your principles are Adolf Hitler’s, in which case you would be well advised to compromise them as much as you can.” —Justice Antonin Scalia, speaking at his granddaughter’s graduation.