Monthly Archives: March 2016

“The Appearance and the Reality of Quid Pro Quo Corruption: An Empirical Investigation”

March 8, 2016, 12:05 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Christopher Robertson and three co-authors have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Journal of Legal Analysis). Here is the abstract: he Supreme Court says that campaign finance regulations are unconstitutional unless they target “quid pro quo” corruption or its appearance.… Continue reading

Dahlia Lithwick on the End of the Conservative Era at SCOTUS

March 8, 2016, 12:02 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

This is true for now, but could easily revert to the old pattern if there is a conservative president appointing another Justice Scalia.

“COLUMN: I tried to get a voter ID card, here is what happened”

March 8, 2016, 11:36 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

From a student at North Carolina State, Logan Graham: So, off I headed to the Department of Registration and Records and, after a quick five-minute wait, I had an official transcript in hand. Time wise, gaining the second form of… Continue reading

“Republicans created dysfunction. Now they’re paying for it.”

March 8, 2016, 10:16 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Masterful Mann and Ornstein at WaPo: “The Republican Party has become an insurgent outlier — ideologically extreme; contemptuous of the inherited social and economic regime; scornful of compromise; unpersuaded by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of… Continue reading

“Exiled from Koch orbit, American Future Fund turns to GOP establishment for cash”

March 8, 2016, 10:15 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Open Secrets explores.

North Carolina Denies Its Congressional Plan is a Political Gerrymander

March 8, 2016, 10:00 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Read North Carolina’s reply in the congressional districting litigation.

“Liberals should thank Scalia for right to blast GOP on Supreme Court: Column”

March 8, 2016, 9:55 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Eric Wang for USA Today.

“Essay: Softening Voter Id Laws Through Litigation: Is it Enough?”

March 8, 2016, 7:48 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

I have written this draft which I will be presenting at a conference, “Casting Votes, Counting Votes for Election 2016: Democracy and Law in Action,” April 1-2, 2016, sponsored by The Institute for Legal Studies at the University… Continue reading

“The Nation’s Election Watchdog Just Hit a New Level of Dysfunction”

March 8, 2016, 7:46 amcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Russ Choma for Mother Jones: In 2011, former Bain Capital executive Edward Conrad decided to give $1 million to the super-PAC supporting the presidential bid of his pal Mitt Romney. But he didn’t contribute the cash directly. Instead, he… Continue reading

“Seeing Trump as vulnerable, GOP elites now eye a contested convention”

March 8, 2016, 7:44 amcampaignsRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“How well-meaning political reformers are helping to elect President Trump”

March 8, 2016, 7:38 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

David Brookman in WaPo: Students of polarization and pundits alike bemoan a “disconnect” between extreme elites and centrist voters, arguing that voters must urgently be empowered to resolve it. But what if voters would actually like to see today’s politicians… Continue reading