Monthly Archives: August 2017
New Voter Suppression Effort Appears to Be on the Way from Trump Campaign Aides
NYT:
With President Trump’s poll numbers slipping, a group of the president’s former campaign aides is beginning an effort to encourage new voters in parts of the country that supported him in the election, and to stop what they contend… Continue reading
“Networking the Party: First Amendment Rights & the Pursuit of Responsive Party Government”
Tabatha Abu El-Haj has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This Article argues that the Supreme Court’s party jurisprudence is predicated on a set of theoretical assumptions that do not hold true in the real world of… Continue reading
“About those ‘democracy vouchers.’ They didn’t work for everyone”
KUOW:
This year, Seattle embarked on a bold political experiment in public funding for elections: the Democracy Voucher program.
But Hisam Goueli, a candidate for Seattle City Council Position 8, says the new voucher system is broken and lead… Continue reading
“Gerrymandering and the Constitutional Norm Against Government Partisanship”
This looks good! Michael Kang has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Michigan Law Review). Here is the abstract:
The Article challenges the basic premise in the law of partisan gerrymandering that government partisan purpose is constitutional at all. The… Continue reading
“The Voter Purge Crusade That Preceded Trump’s Sketchy Elections Commission”
Tierney Sneed for TPM:
Vice President Mike Pence, leader of President Trump’s shady “Elections Integrity” commission kicked off its first meeting last month with a promise that it would have “no preconceived notions or preordained results.”
But like many of … Continue reading
“Federal court invalidates part of Texas congressional map”
Breaking: 3-Judge Court Issues Latest Order in Texas Redistricting Case (Congressional Seats), Finding Continued Intentional Racial Discrimination
You can find the court’s 107-page order here. From the conclusion:
In Part II, the Court concludes that the racially discriminatory intent and effects that it previously found in the 2011 plans carry over into the 2013 plans where… Continue reading
Undergraduate Syllabus: Campaign Finance Law, Politics, and Policy
Looking forward to teaching my undergraduate campaign finance class again in the UC Irvine political science department in the upcoming fall quarter.
Here is the updated syllabus.
“California Recall Proponents Win a Partial Court Victory”
“Court temporarily blocks change in California recall rules”
AP: “A California law that aims to delay a recall election targeting a Democratic senator will remain on hold while judges determine whether it’s legal, a state appellate [court] ruled Monday.”
“How Social Media Helped Organize and Radicalize America’s White Supremacists”
Pacific Standard interviewed me about my new “cheap speech” paper.
Lawsuit Alleges Westchester Board of Elections Invalidated Campaign Petition Signatures Using “W.P.” Instead of “White Plains” in Addresses
If true this is a big problem.
“Cheap Speech and What It Has Done (to American Democracy)”
I have written this draft for SSRN (forthcoming, in the First Amendment Law Review’s symposium on “Distorting the News: ‘Fake News’ and Free Speech“). Here is the abstract:
In a remarkably prescient article in a 1995 Yale Law… Continue reading