Monthly Archives: August 2015

“Wisconsin’s Shame: the Left Attempts to Discredit a John Doe Victim, but New Audiotape Tells Different Story”

August 6, 2015, 7:23 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

National Review: The Journal Sentinel’s Daniel Bice has seized on the tape to assert that it “contradicts” Archer’s claims, telling a “different story” from the one she told National Review and the one she told in her lawsuit. In… Continue reading

“Senate Report Cites I.R.S. Mismanagement in Targeting of Tea Party Groups”

August 6, 2015, 7:21 amcampaign finance, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

NYT: A Senate committee on Wednesday closed a two-year investigation with unanimous agreement that mismanagement at the Internal Revenue Service led it to improperly target conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. But a report by the panel did not suggest… Continue reading

“How campaign finance laws spawned permanent presidential campaigns”

August 6, 2015, 7:17 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Scott Blackburn and Luke Wachob oped in the OC Register: So what changed? Why are presidential campaigns today a 24/7/365 affair? There are innumerable reasons: the rise of television as a campaign medium, the increased role of early-state primaries and… Continue reading

“50 Years of the Voting Rights Act”

August 6, 2015, 7:15 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Spencer Overton: The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies recently released 50 Years of the Voting Rights Act: The State of Race in Politics . The report is critical to understanding the impact of the Act and the… Continue reading

“Court filing: Scott Walker was under criminal investigation in first John Doe probe”

August 6, 2015, 7:11 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Cap Times: Gov. Scott Walker was under criminal investigation as part of a John Doe investigation into his aides and associates during his time as Milwaukee County Executive, according to a court filing made Wednesday. Walker has consistently maintained… Continue reading

“Rep. John Lewis and Sen. Patrick Leahy: Restore voting rights”

August 6, 2015, 7:04 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

LAT oped.

“The Voting Rights Act Is 50 Years Old Today. So Why Do Things Still Seem So Bad”

August 6, 2015, 7:03 amVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

HuffPo reports.

“Texas voter ID law ruled invalid — in part”

August 6, 2015, 7:00 amSupreme Court, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Lyle Denniston: Acting one day before the fiftieth anniversary of the nation’s most important voting rights law, a federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that Texas will be barred from enforcing at least part of its four-year-old law that… Continue reading

“Why the Voting Rights Act Is Once Again Under Threat”

August 6, 2015, 6:55 amVoting Rights Act, VRAARick Hasen

Ari Berman writes for The New York Times oped page.

“Celebrating one of the Voting Rights Act’s many anniversaries”

August 6, 2015, 6:54 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Brianne Gorod at Constitution Daily.

“The Voting Rights Umbrella”

August 6, 2015, 6:53 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

President Bill Clinton essay in the Yale Law and Policy Review.

US AG Lynch Statement on Texas Voter ID Ruling

August 5, 2015, 5:53 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here, via Chris Geidner, whose story on the ruling is here at Buzzfeed.

“Federal judges reject GOP request to delay special session on redistricting”

August 5, 2015, 4:40 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

AP: “A panel of judges has rejected Republican requests to delay an upcoming special legislative session called to draw new congressional boundaries in Virginia. The panel ruled 2-1 Wednesday that it was not going to extend a Sept. 1… Continue reading