Monthly Archives: March 2016

“Supreme Court Nomination Drives Groups From Left and Right to Fight”

March 17, 2016, 8:09 amcampaigns, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

NYT: More than 100 protest rallies are being scheduled in key electoral states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Wisconsin, New Hampshire and Iowa. Television advertisements are being scripted. Twitter and Facebook campaigns are rolling out, and email blasts are filling up… Continue reading

“NY Judge Rejects Suit to Close Campaign Finance Loophole”

March 17, 2016, 8:04 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

AP: A state judge has rejected a lawsuit seeking to close a loophole in New York campaign finance law that lets wealthy individuals use limited liability companies to secretly give millions of dollars to candidates. Justice Lisa Fisher writes… Continue reading

“Democratic race in Missouri primary in limbo pending recount decision”

March 17, 2016, 8:00 amrecountsRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“Wild card for Trump: Who gets to be a convention delegate?”

March 17, 2016, 7:55 ampolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

Good Luck with That Dep’t

March 17, 2016, 7:53 amcampaigns, political parties, primariesRick Hasen

Bernie Sanders now sees path to nomination relying on Democratic superdelegates.

“Trump as GOP presidential nominee could lean on party money”

March 17, 2016, 7:48 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

AP: Donald Trump says he’ll raise money for the Republican Party and there’s a good reason why: It has the resources he lacks for a general election. Trump’s victories this week make it much more likely that he’ll be… Continue reading

“If no one else stops Trump, the Electoral College still can. It’s in the Constitution”

March 17, 2016, 7:43 amcampaigns, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Derek Muller for WaPo: Donald Trump will be the GOP’s presidential nominee. Within the party, talk of a brokered Republican National Convention or even a supporting a third-party candidate has circulated among those hoping to stop him from becoming the… Continue reading

“Podcast: The constitutional and political impact of Citizens United”

March 17, 2016, 7:39 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

David Keating and Paul Ryan on Constitution Center podcast.

“Ginsberg Warns of ‘Political Guerilla Warfare’ at Contested GOP Convention”

March 17, 2016, 7:38 amcampaigns, political parties, primariesRick Hasen

Bloomberg: With prospects for the first contested Republican convention in 40 years on the rise, GOP super-lawyer and election-law expert Ben Ginsberg says that selecting the actual delegates at state conventions in the coming months will “be sort of… Continue reading

“Challenge to John Kasich on Pennsylvania ballot dropped”

March 17, 2016, 7:35 amballot accessRick Hasen

CNN: The ballot challenge in Pennsylvania that threatened to derail John Kasich’s rising presidential campaign has been dropped. Nathaniel Rome, the chairman of Pennsylvania Students for Rubio and a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, has decided to drop… Continue reading

“Google now shows presidential campaign finance data directly in search results”

March 16, 2016, 9:04 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WaPo: Looking up a presidential hopeful’s campaign finance information is now just a Google away. If you look up a candidate’s name using the search engine, it now pulls up a quick summary of how much the candidate’s campaign… Continue reading

“Reid wants campaign finance reform to be part of SCOTUS debate”

March 16, 2016, 8:51 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Politico: In an address at the liberal American for Progress on Wednesday morning, Reid is set to urge Democrats to fight for a court that will take a more a progressive view of the country’s campaign finance system. The… Continue reading

Harvard Law Prof Elhauge Files Amicus Brief Saying Ted Cruz Not Natural Born Citizen

March 16, 2016, 8:17 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

The brief was filed in a NY case.

“Judge: Stranded drivers ‘wanted to vote'”

March 16, 2016, 7:53 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

Cincinnati Enquirer: U.S. District Judge Susan Dlott was sitting down for dinner Tuesday night when she got a call about stranded motorists who couldn’t get to the polls to vote. She said several commuters were calling her clerk’s office… Continue reading