Monthly Archives: December 2015

J. Scalia on @99Rise Protestors: “Give them stiff, stiff sentences”

December 10, 2015, 1:43 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Tony Mauro: As demonstrators shouted at the U.S. Supreme Court during a public session in April, Justice Antonin Scalia said on an open microphone, “Give them stiff, stiff sentences,” according to a tape and transcript of the incident that… Continue reading

University of Chicago Legal Forum 2015: Does Election Law Serve the Electorate

December 10, 2015, 8:55 ampedagogyRick Hasen

This is a great volume just published. The full journal is not on the Journal’s website, but here are the article titles, along with links to read them at HeinOnline (with a subscription). Everyone should have this on their shelves.… Continue reading

“Indiana Won’t Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Overturn Seventh Circuit Ruling that struck down Limited Nominations for Judicial Races”

December 10, 2015, 7:34 amalternative voting systems, ballot access, political partiesRick Hasen

BAN reports.

“Analysis: In Redistricting, Somebody Will Be Slighted”

December 10, 2015, 7:33 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Ross Ramsey in the Texas Tribune: Some people think it’s unfair to have more eligible voters in one legislative district than in another — that basing things solely on total population is the wrong way to draw political maps. But… Continue reading

“If voting were mandatory, the U.S. would shift to the left. Discuss.”

December 10, 2015, 7:30 amvotingRick Hasen

The Monkey Cage explores.

“Michigan House Endorses Straight-Ticket Ban, Ties It To No-Excuse Absentee Voting”

December 10, 2015, 7:22 amabsentee ballots, election administrationRick Hasen

A ChapinBlog.

“Driving up California voter participation”

December 10, 2015, 7:20 amelection administrationRick Hasen

CA Secretary of State Alex Padilla in Q & A with San Diego Union Tribune.

“California Seeks to Overturn Barrier to Kochs’ Donor List”

December 10, 2015, 7:19 amcampaign finance, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

Bloomberg: California’s Democratic attorney general says she can be trusted to keep secret the names and addresses of donors to a nonprofit started by conservative billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch. Still, Kamala Harris has a fight on her… Continue reading

“Election Lawyers Push to Ease Party Campaign Finance Limits”

December 10, 2015, 7:16 amcampaign finance, political partiesRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA: Top Republican and Democratic election lawyers appearing at a national ethics conference reiterated arguments for easing campaign finance rules on political parties but said they could not predict the outcome of ongoing discussions in Congress on the… Continue reading

“History Draws a Line on ‘One Man, One Vote'”

December 9, 2015, 4:40 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Noah Feldman writes for Bloomberg View.

“Bush PAC attorney to Trump counsel: You may want to try learning election law”

December 9, 2015, 4:36 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Matea Gold reports for WaPo.

An Answer to Justice Kennedy’s Question in Evenwel About Relevant Studies of One Person, One Vote

December 9, 2015, 3:37 pmredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

From yesterday’s argument: [Texas SG Scott Keller]:…If the Court were to try to go down the road of requiring States to equalize within 10 percent of a deviation, both total and voter population, States would inevitably have to disregard … Continue reading

Get a Free Look at the Introduction to Plutocrats United

December 9, 2015, 1:28 pmcampaign finance, Plutocrats United, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Amazon has just put the Kindle version of my new book, Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections, on sale for preorder. If you click on the Kindle version of the book, and… Continue reading

“The public doesn’t support restrictive voter ID laws, but many new ones will be in force in 2016”

December 9, 2015, 1:26 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Herman Schwartz for Reuters Opinion: Defenders of photo ID laws regularly cite public opinion polls that show widespread support for their arguments. Yet these polls reveal no such support, and they prove nothing about this new restrictive legislation because the… Continue reading