Monthly Archives: June 2016

Teaching, or Taking, An Election Law, Legislation, or Statutory Interpretation Course in the Fall?

June 15, 2016, 6:53 ampedagogyRick Hasen

Then please consider my student treatise/study aid with questions and answers covering all these topics. It works with all the major casebooks in these courses (see the correlation table below): Legislation, Statutory Interpretation, and Election Law: Examples & Explanations (Aspen… Continue reading

“Radiolab Presents: More Perfect – The Political Thicket”

June 15, 2016, 6:47 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Oooh, this looks good! his story comes from Radiolab’s first ever spin-off podcast, More Perfect. To hear more, subscribe here. When Chief Justice Earl Warren was asked at the end of his career, “What was the most important case… Continue reading

“Corporate Citizen? An Argument for the Separation of Corporation and State”

June 14, 2016, 5:01 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy at the ACS Blog: Corporations are strange bedfellows to have in a democracy. My new book, Corporate Citizen?, explores how, over the course of American history, corporations have aggressively sought to expand their constitutional rights. And,… Continue reading

“Kris Kobach won’t say if he’s complying with order to register voters”

June 14, 2016, 4:19 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Zack Roth for MSNBC: A federal court gave Kansas until Tuesday to start registering thousands of would-be voters tripped up by the state’s strict proof of citizenship law. But Secretary of State Kris Kobach isn’t saying whether he’s complying with… Continue reading

“2016 Delegates and Conventions Explained”

June 14, 2016, 11:26 ampolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

Ballotpedia webinar June 16.

“The Trump Ticket; A new poll that assesses Trump’s potential vice presidential picks demonstrates the benefits of preferential voting”

June 14, 2016, 11:24 amalternative voting systems, campaignsRick Hasen

Peter Roff for US News.

“Russian government hackers penetrated DNC, stole opposition research on Trump”

June 14, 2016, 8:43 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: Russian government hackers penetrated the computer network of the Democratic National Committee and gained access to the entire database of opposition research on GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to committee officials and security experts who responded to… Continue reading

“Conservative Donor’s Group Presses Ballot Access for a Third-Party Candidate”

June 14, 2016, 7:31 amballot access, campaigns, third partiesRick Hasen

NYT: A conservative donor who has been scouring Republican ranks for a third-party candidate is pressing ahead with a group to get on the ballot in dozens of states. The candidate will come once the group sees that the ballot… Continue reading

“This would be a nice first step on campaign finance reform”

June 14, 2016, 7:27 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WaPo editorial: THEY SAY time is money, and the adage rings especially true for members of Congress: Many of them — according to Rep. David Jolly (R-Fla.) — spend almost as much of the workweek fundraising as they do debating… Continue reading

“Amid Long Voting Lines And Claims Of A ‘Rigged System,’ Does My Vote Matter?”

June 14, 2016, 7:14 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Pam Fessler reports for NPR.

“Bring Back The Electoral College — For Real”

June 14, 2016, 7:06 amcampaigns, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Ed Zelinsky: The conventional wisdom is that an independent candidate must run to provide an alternative to the major parties’ candidates. I instead suggest another course: Bring back the Electoral College as the active chooser of the 45th president. We… Continue reading

“Former state Sen. Ron Calderon’s guilty plea in corruption case marks blow to political dynasty”

June 14, 2016, 7:04 ambribery, chicaneryRick Hasen

LAT: Monday brought a crushing blow to the family dynasty as Ron Calderon, a former state senator, pleaded guilty in the case to mail fraud, conceding he accepted tens of thousands of dollars in bribes from undercover FBI agents and… Continue reading

“A Natural Right with Naturally Unequal Consequences”

June 14, 2016, 7:02 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

John McGinnis: I am in strong agreement with the Derek Muller’s opposition to Progressive ideas to reform laws relating to campaign speech. He is particularly eloquent on why the Framers believed that limiting government was the best route to… Continue reading

“Congress at Work: A Documentary Supplement for Courses in Legislation”

June 14, 2016, 6:57 amlegislation and legislatures, pedagogy, statutory interpretationRick Hasen

New from Peter Strauss: Casebooks on Legislation typically omit legislative materials, as such, giving students little if any chance to work directly with statutes and the processes that create them. Yet lawyers may become intimately involved in the legislative… Continue reading