Politifact Rates as “Mostly False” Ted Cruz Statement about Democrats’ Proposed Constitutional Amendment to “Overturn” Citizens United
Here.
I actually devote part of a chapter of Plutocrats United to Ted Cruz’s charges.
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Federal Court Rejects “Stop Hillary” PAC Challenge to FEC Name Restrictions
You can’t use the name of a candidate in your independent PAC name. This helps prevent confusion of voters giving to PACs. The Stop Hillary PAC and Dan Backer challenged this restriction as a violation of the First Amendment, and… Continue reading
“These California lawmakers don’t live in the districts they represent”
LAT.
“Working Group Offers Meaningful Ways to Make Military Voting Easier”
Stacey Scholl blogs at the Democracy Fund.
Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Voter Residency Challenge
Tokaji’s “True Threats” in NYU Review of Law & Social Change
My short piece “True Threats: Voter Intimidation and the Constitution” is now posted on NYURLSC’s online publication The Harbinger. The abstract is here.
My Most Important Oped/Commentary of 2015
This piece at @TPM on the Supreme Court is the most important commentary I’ve written in 2015: Why The Most Urgent Civil Rights Cause Of Our Time Is The Supreme Court Itself, Talking Points Memo, Sept. 28, 2015. It… Continue reading
“Scott Walker Corruption Case Threatens to Implicate Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices”
Pema Levy for Mother Jones:
It’s the campaign scandal that just won’t die. For three years, prosecutors in Wisconsin tried to investigate what they believed was illegal campaign coordination between Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and conservative outside groups. The investigation… Continue reading
“New Mexico Struggles With Campaign Finance Enforcement”
AP:
Former New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran was able to funnel thousands of dollars in campaign donations to her private bank accounts during a gambling binge without any regulatory agency noticing that she was breaking the law.
Duran’s… Continue reading
“Oregon Prepares To Rollout ‘New Motor Voter’ On January 4”
“Hindering the S.E.C. From Shining a Light on Political Spending”
Lucian Bebchuk and Robert Jackson write for NYT Dealbook.
EAC, FVAP Send Letter to USPS About Problems with Mail Ballots
My Academic Articles 2013-2014
Moving these off the Sidebar as well.
Response: “Electoral Integrity,” “Dependence Corruption,” and What’s New Under the Sun, 89 New York University Law Review Online 87 (2014)
Super PAC Contributions, Corruption, and the Proxy War over Coordination, Duke… Continue reading
My Opeds and Commentaries 2014
I am moving them off the Sidebar as I spruce things up around here.
History Gives Clue as to Chief Justice Roberts’ Thinking on New Obamacare Case, L.A. Times, Nov. 12, 2014
The Supreme Court’s Gerrymandering Conundrum, Slate,… Continue reading