Monthly Archives: May 2016
“Book Review: Dark Money and Plutocrats United”
Bill Maurer reviews my book and Jane Mayer’s book for The Federalist Society:
Nonetheless, Mayer’s Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Radical Right and Hasen’s Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of… Continue reading
“Two Myths About the Unruly American Primary System”
I published a longish essay with that title today in the Washington Post, at the excellent Monkey Cage blog. Here are a few excerpts:
Many Americans will be surprised to learn that few democracies give primary elections a dominant role… Continue reading
“Virginia governor: Feds have found no wrongdoing”
AP:
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Wednesday that federal investigators looking at donations to his 2013 campaign have told his attorney there’s no indication he did anything wrong.
The governor said on a WTOP radio program that his attorney reached… Continue reading
“Inquiry Highlights Terry McAuliffe’s Ties to Chinese Company”
NYT:
Four years ago, one of China’s largest agricultural importers sent representatives to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., hoping that meetings with elite party officials might yield business opportunities. The company, the Dandong Port Group, was particularly… Continue reading
“McAuliffe in ‘shock’ over FBI investigation of campaign money, personal finances”
“Top GOP financiers coalescing around Trump-RNC fundraising effort”
Matea Gold for WaPo.
“Waukesha county clerk: Weekend voting gave ‘too much access’ to Milwaukee, Madison”
Yeesh! God forbid people of color and poor people living in Wisconsin cities have easy access to the ballot.
Ozaukee County as a whole is about 95 percent white and neighboring Waukesha County is about 94 percent white. With… Continue reading
“Judge rules against election materials law”
Great Falls Tribune:
A federal judge has once again struck down a law that requires candidates who criticize the voting records of another candidate to offer details on the vote.
“Civic Groups Ask Courts to Stop Unlawful Voter Purging Practice”
Demos:
Yesterday, a voting rights coalition asked the federal court to stop Ohio’s practice of removing properly registered voters from its voter registration list simply because they have not voted in recent elections. The plaintiffs, who initiated the lawsuit… Continue reading
“Sometimes ‘People’ = ‘Legislature'”
Seth Barrett Tillman:
This is a response to Professors Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash & John Yoo, People ≠ Legislature, 39 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 341 (2016) (noted on this blog here).
Professors Prakash and Yoo’s… Continue reading
“Rethinking Voter ID: Its Rationale and Impact”
Graeme Orr and Tracey Arklay have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Australian Journal of Political Science). Here is the abstract:
Voter ID is a contentious issue in electoral democracies worldwide. This article surveys arguments for and against voter ID… Continue reading
“(One More) One More Time: Ohio Court Re-Establishes ‘Golden Week'”
“Judge makes no decision on campaign contributions”
AP:
HELENA — A federal judge is considering a request by state attorneys to issue a stay on part of his ruling last week that invalidated campaign contribution limits approved by Montana voters in 1994.