“Bernie Sanders’ Litmus Test for a Supreme Court Nominee”
Listen (Hint: it’s Citizens United)
Monthly Archives: February 2016
“Justice Scalia and Campaign Finance: A Puzzle”
Bauer blogs….with a cliffhanger!
“Scalia’s Death Throws North Carolina’s Upcoming Election Into Confusion”
Alice Ollstein writes for Think Progress.
“The future of politics and regulation”
Paul Jossey writes at The Hill.
Tokaji: Is Ted Cruz Eligible to Be President? Let’s Find Out
Donald Trump has revived the question whether Senator Ted Cruz is ineligible to serve as President due to his birth in Canada. A recent Trump Tweet asserts that Trump has standing and threatens to sue if Senator Cruz doesn’t stop… Continue reading
“If Donald Trump wants to sue Ted Cruz for being born in Canada, he better do it soon”
Talking to Madeline Brand About Campaign Finance Post-Scalia, Plutocrats United
Listen to the interview on KCRW’s Press Play:
The fallout from Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death is being felt on the campaign trail. One of the most controversial decisions he backed was Citizens United, the 2010 case that… Continue reading
Listen to Podcast with Avi Green on Plutocrats United
Avi talks to me about money in politics and the Supreme Court for the Scholars’ Strategy Network podcast, “No Jargon.” Listen to “Episode 21: Big Money, Big Power.”
Episode 21: Big Money, Big Power
February 15, 2016
Professor Rick … Continue reading
“Erwin Chemerinsky and Rick Hasen on the Passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and the Future of the Supreme Court”
Erwin and I had a really interesting discussion on the UCI Law Talks podcast.
“Without Scalia, Supreme Court Could Tie in Three Major Cases”
“Conservative group to challenge Chris Van Hollen on campaign finance”
Baltimore Sun:
A conservative legal group plans to file a Federal Election Commission complaint against Rep. Chris Van Hollen, alleging the Montgomery County Democrat failed to disclose in-kind legal assistance he received when he sued the government in… Continue reading
Plaintiffs File Response in #SCOTUS to Emergency Stay in NC Redistricting Case
You can read the 60-page response here. The plaintiffs do not address the Purcell principle question until the very end of the brief, where they say:
Finally, Purcell v. Gonzalez, 549 U.S. 1 (2006), does not, as Applicants suggest,… Continue reading
New Civic Leadership Initiative from Bipartisan Policy Center
“The Sherlock Holmes Canon”
Anita Krishnakumar has written this article for the George Washington Law Review. Here is the abstract:
Many of the Supreme Court’s statutory interpretation cases infer meaning from Congress’s failure to comment in the legislative record. Colorfully referred to as the… Continue reading