Monthly Archives: August 2015
Slate Money Podcast Talks to Zephyr Teachout on Public Financing
What in the World is Happening in the Texas Redistricting Case?
Still pending, and we are getting close to the 2016 election season….
Perhaps the case will be resolved before the 2020 round of redistricting.
The Republicans’ 50th Anniversary Voting Rights Act Celebration
The Hill:
House Republican leaders are slamming the brakes on voting rights legislation, insisting that any movement on the issue go through a key Republican committee chairman who opposes the proposal.
House Democrats are pressing hard on GOP leaders… Continue reading
Picture of the Day
Scott Walker tricked into posing with $900 million check from the Koch Bros. (via Sabrina Siddiqui)
John Oliver Tackles DC Voting Rights
“Voting Rights at 50”
This new one by Sam Issacharoff (forthcoming, Alabama Law Review symposium on 50th anniversary of VRA) goes to the top of my reading list. Here is the abstract:
The fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act comes at a difficult… Continue reading
My Fall Election Law and Legislation Syllabi
I have posted my fall Election Law and Legislation syllabi.
“John Roberts has been trying to gut the Voting Rights Act for decades”
Scott Lemieux at The Week.
“Jeb Bush super PAC gets love from D.C., Florida lobbyists”
“Symposium: Evenwel v. Abbott and the Constitution’s big data problem”
Nate Persily’s contribution to SCOTUSBlog’s Evenwel v. Abbott symposium:
These points concerning the inaccuracy and variability of the potential alternative data sources for redistricting will likely receive less attention in Evenwel than familiar constitutional arguments concerning the proper interpretation of… Continue reading
Quote of the Day–Jeb the Destroyer Edition
“Money helps. I’m playing by the rules of the game the way it’s laid out,” said Bush, who worked with the political committees before officially becoming a candidate. He also sent several of his former top advisers to outside groups… Continue reading
“67 donors and gusher of cash change 2016 race; Cruz, Huckabee, others gain from unprecedented political buying power of wealthy donors”
“After Doe investigations, a chance for sensible reform”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel editorial:
We urge Walker to form:
■A commission including members of both political parties to study and recommend changes to state law that will promote transparency in campaign donations while considering recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions on… Continue reading