Monthly Archives: January 2016
“California businessman pushes ballot measure for NASCAR-style disclosure”
Carla Marinucci for Politico:
Business executive John Cox, a Republican who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House and Senate in Illinois, has moved one step closer to placing an initiative on the ballot that would require state legislators to wear… Continue reading
“How Campaign Finance Reform Contributed to Polarization”
Seth Masket reviews LaRaja and Schaffner’s new book.
“Hawaiians defend against contempt plea”
Lyle Denniston:
A group of Hawaiians seeking to create a new tribal nation inside the state moved on Monday to head off a contempt order in the Supreme Court. They have done nothing to violate a Supreme Court order … Continue reading
“Super PAC Donors Are Taking Charge; Unlike 2012, backers of Republican presidential candidates now seeking to keep a tighter grasp on their funds”
“Money Talks”
Glenn Altschuler reviews Plutocrats United at Huff Post Books:
In Plutocrats United, Richard Hasen, a professor of law and political science at the University of California, Irvine and the author of The Voting Wars: From Florida 2000 to the Next… Continue reading
“Democrats are Proving Samuel Alito and John Roberts Wrong”
Paul Blumenthal for HuffPo:
What was once characterized as a “wild hypothetical” by Justice Samuel Alito in a 2014 campaign finance case is now a reality.
A joint fundraising committee linking Hillary Clinton to the national Democratic Party… Continue reading
“Super PACs: The Law and the Politics”
Bauer worth your time this am.
Washington Examiner Runs Q&A with FEC Commissioner Goodman
Here:
Examiner: It’s popular in academia, the media and generally in popular culture to say there needs to be more regulation of federal campaign spending. Do you feel you’re in the minority?
Goodman: If we’re talking about the right… Continue reading
“Supreme Court Eyes Ethics, Campaign Finance Law”
Bloomberg BNA:
The Supreme Court is set to consider in the coming weeks whether to grant review in two cases that could reshape the legal landscape for government ethics and campaign finance.
First, the justices are scheduled to consider… Continue reading
“‘Citizens United’ advisory measure can go on ballot, California high court says”
Maura Dolan reports for the LA Times.
Interview on @KCRW Which Way, LA? Talking CA Supreme Court Citizens United Ruling
Federal Court Rejects Attempt to Force SEC to Write Political Disclosure Rule
Here is the opinion (via Josh Gerstein).
“What the 1960 Hawaii Presidential Election Meant for Bush v. Gore”
Michael Stern at Point of Order.