Monthly Archives: December 2015

Fifteenth Anniversary of Bush v. Gore on Saturday

December 11, 2015, 7:50 amBush v. Gore reflections, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Saturday marks the 15th anniversary of Bush v. Gore, the 2000 case which settled the disputed election in Florida between Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore. I have this oped in the Orlando Sentinel reflecting on what’s changed… Continue reading

“Constitution Check: Finally, a test of partisan gerrymandering?”

December 11, 2015, 7:38 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Lyle Denniston writes at Constitution Daily.

“At Week’s End: The Possibility of a Kennedy-Like Outcome in Evenwel—And Finding the Unexpected in the Arizona Redistricting Case”

December 11, 2015, 7:28 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Bauer blogs.

Albert Alschuler and Larry Tribe Think Gov’t Should Try to Rein in Super PACs and Overturn SpeechNow

December 11, 2015, 7:25 amcampaign finance, Plutocrats United, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

See this Newsweek piece. I think it is pure fantasy to suggest anyone in the Citizens United majority would vote differently on a challenge to the SpeechNow decision, which relied on Citizens United to find a right of individuals to… Continue reading

Second Brennan Center Event on Plutocrats United

December 11, 2015, 7:00 amcampaign finance, Plutocrats United, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

This Jan 21 lunch workshop (by invitation) may interest academics, law students, and policy folks, and it will feature Yasmin Dawood, Janai Nelson, Nick Stephanopoulos and me: Plutocrats United A Brennan Center Workshop Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:00 p.m. –… Continue reading

District Court Accepts Navajo Nation One Person, One Vote Claim in Utah School Board Election

December 11, 2015, 6:58 amredistrictingRick Hasen

Very thoughtful opinion, including a discussion of the level of scrutiny to apply to a OPOV claim.

“U.S. urges Supreme Court to reject McDonnell appeal”

December 11, 2015, 6:55 ambribery, chicaneryRick Hasen

The Roanoke Times reports.

“The Court Takes Up One Person, One Vote”

December 11, 2015, 6:45 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

NYT editorial on Evenwel.

“GOP preparing for contested convention”

December 11, 2015, 6:40 amcampaigns, political partiesRick Hasen

WaPo: Republican officials and leading figures in the party’s establishment are preparing for the possibility of a brokered convention as businessman Donald Trump continues to sit atop the polls in the GOP presidential race. More than 20 of them… Continue reading

“Bush v. Gore in 2000: Partisans still in charge”

December 10, 2015, 3:27 pmBush v. Gore reflections, Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this oped for the Orlando Sentinel. It begins: This is month marks the 15th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2000 decision in Bush v. Gore, which ended a recount of ballots in Florida, and assured the… Continue reading

“Campaign finance reform measure: ‘a solution in search of a problem’?”

December 10, 2015, 2:05 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

CPI: You probably don’t give much thought to the three-digit code on the back of your credit card. But a small, bipartisan group of lawmakers thinks political campaigns should be paying a lot more attention to them — in… Continue reading

“Eric Holder on Voting Rights, Black Lives Matter, Karl Rove, and Tupac”

December 10, 2015, 2:03 pmDepartment of Justice, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Conversation with Ari Berman. The case that struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act was called Shelby County v. Holder. You are Holder. Do you think the Administration in retrospect could have done anything differently in… Continue reading

“Watchdogs File FCC Complaints Against TV Stations Refusing to Identify Michael Bloomberg as True Funder of Super PAC Ad Campaign”

December 10, 2015, 2:00 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Release.

“FEC Asked to Investigate Ghost Donations to Jeb Bush Super-PAC”

December 10, 2015, 1:47 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Russ Choma for Mother Jones: A liberal watchdog group has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission charging that the super-PAC supporting Jeb Bush, Right to Rise, received contributions from companies that were used to shield the identities of… Continue reading