Monthly Archives: January 2016
“Judge adds state GOP as defendant in suit against primary oath”
The latest from Va.
“How to end American plutocracy: Risk of corruption cannot be the only legal rationale for limiting expenditures”
I have written this oped for the NY Daily News (tied to today’s release of my book). It begins:
Forty years ago this month, the Supreme Court decided Buckley vs. Valeo, a case that has distorted our thinking and talking… Continue reading
Plutocrats United: The Book Tour and Talks (UPDATED)
My new book, Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections, is now out (Order with discount at Amazon). (Reviews so far: Washington Post, Huffington Post, Washington Monthly.) Tom … Continue reading
“What birtherism and voter fraud charges have in common (besides Donald Trump)”
“Koch brothers and other oligarchs beware: Campaign finance reformer says your days are numbered”
Salon:
That’s the intellectual breach into which campaign finance reformer and activist Derek Cressman has stepped with his new book, “When Money Talks: The High Price of ‘Free’ Speech and the Selling of Democracy.” Rather than simply… Continue reading
“Ballot Manipulation”
Joel Fox:
The California Supreme Court decision to allow an advisory measure on the statewide ballot may appear to promote democracy. However, there is little doubt that the proposed ballot measure is another in a line of maneuvers by the… Continue reading
“Undisclosed dollars dominate campaign spending”
Ken Vogel in Politico:
Big-money outside groups have spent more than $143 million in the presidential race in the six months since any of them were required to reveal their donors, according to a POLITICO analysis of campaign and advertising… Continue reading
“The Politician and the Gift”
“Bloomberg Law: Advisory Measure Can be Placed on Ballot (Audio)”
Ken Gross and I talked to June Grasso of Bloomberg Law about Citizens United, and the anti-CU ballot measure likely headed to the CA ballot. Listen.
Stanford Law Review Symposium on the Law of Democracy
What’s there to do in the Silicon Valley on Super Bowl weekend? Hmm…
You might want to attend this fantastic symposium Feb. 5-6 at the Stanford Law Review. What a great lineup of speakers! I’m looking forward to it and… Continue reading
WI Moves for Summary Judgment in Case Challenging Host of Wisconsin Election Laws
“Will Arizona Sky Be Next $60,000 Canvas For Anti-Trump Message By Alabama Millionaire?”
“How Old is Donald Trump?”
New Yorker:
We don’t have third parties here, but we have seen some of the same energies. Surveying the landscape in 2014, David Schleicher, now of Yale Law School, suggested that the basic turn made, both in Europe and… Continue reading