Monthly Archives: October 2015
“State wants federal judge to rule on Voter ID before March primaries”
Winston-Salem Journal:
State attorneys want a federal judge to dismiss the legal challenge to North Carolina’s voter-identification law before the March 2016 presidential primary, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
And though the plaintiffs, including the North Carolina chapter of… Continue reading
Giving “Democracy Studies” Lecture Today at Ohio State
Very much looking forward to this event, which will preview my upcoming Plutocrats United book (out Jan. 12).
Excited that Professor Chris Walker of OSU (who clerked for Justice Kennedy (2008-09)) will offer a response.
“No, Illegal Immigrants Won’t Elect Hillary”
David Byler for Real Clear Politics:
On Saturday, Paul Goldman and Mark Rozell authored a piece in Politico titled “Illegal Immigrants Could Elect Hillary Clinton.” Usually, a headline like that accompanies a story about voter fraud or back-of-the-envelope… Continue reading
“Top Recent Downloads in Election Law on SSRN”
Here:
RECENT TOP PAPERS for all papers first announced in the last 60 days
9 Aug 2015 through 8 Oct 2015
Rank
Downloads
Paper Title
1
154
Election Law’s Path in the Roberts Court’s First Decade: A Sharp … Continue reading
“Hoping to Be Invited to the Debate, Lawrence Lessig Waits by the Phone”
NYT:
In the meantime, Mr. Lessig said he and his family had been scraping by since kicking off his campaign last month. Harvard cannot pay his salary while he is on leave to seek office, and campaign finance rules… Continue reading
“Hillary Clinton says she wishes super PACs were banned”
“Democratic underdog seeks LGBT help in 2016 bid”
Washington Blade:
The Citizens Equality Act has three major components that seek citizen-funded elections, the equal right to vote and equal representation in Congress. It’s this last component, which would end political gerrymandering and create multi-member districts, that Lessig acknowledges… Continue reading
“The coming voting machine crisis”
Rokey Suleman and R. Doug Lewis in The Hill:
Simply put, old voting equipment is expensive to maintain and is more prone to failures. That can mean machine freezes, shut downs, and in the worst cases, erroneous vote tallies. And… Continue reading
“2015 CPA-Zicklin Index Expands to Cover S&P 500; Shows Steady Growth in Publicly Held Companies Adopting Political Disclosure, Restricting Spending”
Release:
More of America’s largest publicly traded companies are bringing sunlight to their corporate expenditures on politics, the fifth annual CPA-Zicklin Index of Political Disclosure and Accountability shows on the eve of a blockbuster election year for political spending.… Continue reading
George Will Goes Off the Deep End
His latest WaPo column calls for the IRS director to be impeached.
“In First TV Ad, Lawrence Lessig Asks Who ‘Owns’ Marco Rubio”
“Republicans propose splitting Government Accountability Board into elections, ethics commissions”
Quote of the Day
“Only a lunatic or a glutton for gridlock would want to copy the FEC….I think what they want is a commission that will routinely gridlock and get nothing done.”
–Dan Tokaji, quoted in GOP bills would hike contribution limits, split … Continue reading