“‘You get one shot’: How Justice Antonin Scalia viewed the world”
Joan Biskupic writes for Reuters Opinion.
Joan has written the best and most interesting biography of Justice Scalia, American Original. Now is a great time to pick it up.
Monthly Archives: February 2016
“Voter ID will get test as primary features key local, statewide races”
“How Do Interest Groups Seek Access to Committees?”
Alexander Fouirnaies and Andrew Hall have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Concerns that interest groups use their financial resources to distort the democratic process are longstanding. Empirical research shows that interest groups seek access to legislators… Continue reading
“GOP voters could participate in Democratic caucus”
Jon Ralston:
Nevada has a closed caucus system — that is, only Democrats can participate on Feb. 20 and only Republicans on Feb. 23.
But because of a quirk in the system — cue the national ridicule again — Republicans… Continue reading
Podcast on #PlutocratsUnited with Heath Brown on New Books Network
Listen:
Richard L. Hasen has written Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections (Yale University Press, 2016). Hasen is Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine.
In… Continue reading
“The battle over replacing Justice Scalia is just the start of a war over the Supreme Court”
I have written this piece for Washington Post’s Wonkblog. It begins:
It is tempting to think of the fight to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court as the battle defining the future of the Supreme Court for the… Continue reading
“Voter fraud is more believable when your candidate loses”
LSE Blog:
Recent years have seen many red states introduce new voter identification laws, with politicians often citing the need to maintain public confidence in the voting process as a justification. But is public confidence in voting driven by other,… Continue reading
Revised Version of Paper on Election Law at the Roberts Court
I have now posted a revised version of Election Law’s Path in the Roberts Court’s First Decade: A Sharp Right Turn but with Speed Bumps and Surprising Twists, forthcoming Stanford Law Review (2016). Though revised, the revision was… Continue reading
John Oliver Takes on The Voting Wars
Plutocrats United Book Tour to Philly and Boston (Cambridge) This Week
This week on the Plutocrats United tour:
February 18, Philadelphia, PA, National Constitution Center (with Ned Foley and Judge Jeremy Fogel) (12 pm event) (details and rsvp)
February 18, Philadelphia PA, University of Pennsylvania Law School (4:30 pm… Continue reading
“Scalia’s death could have quick impact on NC redistricting case”
Anne Blythe reports for the News and Observer.
That Time Scalia Endorsed Political Equality for Campaign Finance Limits, Sorta
As I noted in this commentary for Politico magazine, Justice Scalia first voiced his opposition to campaign finance limits in the Austin case, in a passionate and well-argued (if ultimately wrong-headed) dissent. But before that, when Scalia was a… Continue reading
“Justice Scalia and Election Law”
“How Scalia’s Death Could Shake Up Campaign Finance; It might be the opening reformers have been waiting for”
I have written this commentary for Politico magazine. Here’s a snippet:
How did Scalia eventually get his way on the question of how to balance First Amendment rights of free speech against strong government interests like preventing corruption or promoting… Continue reading