Monthly Archives: June 2015
“Poll Shows Americans Favor Overhaul of Campaign Financing”
NYT:
Americans of both parties fundamentally reject the regime of untrammeled money in elections made possible by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling and other court decisions and now favor a sweeping overhaul of how political campaigns are financed,… Continue reading
“Some GOP donors willing to give to many, just not Paul”
Julie Bykowicz, now on the money and politics beat at AP, writes this report.
Bauer on McCutcheon, Evenwel, and the Meaning of “Constituent”
“Counter plutocracy with public financing”
“Dignity and Discriminatory Intent: What the Marriage Equality Cases Tell Us About Voter ID”
Ellen Katz has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming University of Chicago Legal Forum). here is the abstract:
Two years after Shelby County v. Holder and United States v. Windsor, a good deal of litigation has addressed the legality of… Continue reading
“When the Supreme Court is this wrong, it’s time to overrule them”
Dorris Kearns Goodwin and Jeff Clements want a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.
“New Paper Examines Impact of ‘Convenience’ on Voters With Disabilities”
Doug Chapin:
The question of how best to assist voters with disabilities is important, but often difficult to address because there is so little empirical data on how those voters experience the system. Fortunately, we are starting to see… Continue reading
“Political Corruption, Equality, and Campaign Finance Reform — A Response to Larry Lessig”
Paul Jossey at Medium.
“Jeb Bush, the Undecider-in-Chief”
Josh Voorhies for Slate. My earlier Slate piece: Jeb the Destroyer.
Common Cause “Gerrymander Standard” Second Place Winner
This week, we’re announcing the winners of Common Cause’s inaugural Democracy Prize writing competition to identify the best “gerrymander standard.” Yesterday we announced the third place winner. Today we’d like to offer our congratulations to second place winners Jowei … Continue reading
“A Bad Voting Ban for Maryland”
NYT editorial:
What is the logic behind state laws that deny the vote to people who have been convicted of a felony, even after they are released from prison? The short and easy answer is: there isn’t any.
For… Continue reading
“Petersen, Hunter Distance Themselves From Goodman on Partisanship at FEC”
Bloomberg BNA:
Two Republicans on the Federal Election Commission, Matthew Petersen and Caroline Hunter, are distancing themselves from recent, controversial comments by fellow Republican Lee Goodman about the partisan impact of FEC enforcement decisions.
“After the recent dustup regarding… Continue reading
“Anti-Hillary groups to FEC: Take a hike”
CPI:
A pair of anti-Hillary Clinton political committees are effectively telling the Federal Election Commission to take a long walk off a tall mountain.
The groups — Dick Morris’s Just Say No to Hillary PAC and the Stop Hillary… Continue reading