“8 years later: How Citizens United changed campaign finance”
Bob Biersack for Open Secrets.
Monthly Archives: February 2018
Watch Video of the Panel on Justice Scalia’s Legacy at National Constitution Center with Kannon Shanmugam, Elizabeth Wydra, Jeff Rosen and Me
“Group picks Alaska to challenge unlimited campaign donations”
AP:
A national group is focusing on Alaska in a bid to get the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit a 2010 decision that upended how campaigns are run in this country.
The court decision paved the way for corporations and… Continue reading
“Lawsuit Filed Over Arkansas’ Revamped Voter ID Law”
VOA:
An Arkansas resident asked a judge Wednesday to strike down a new state law requiring voters show photo identification before casting a ballot, arguing the measure causes the same problems as a nearly identical state voter ID law struck… Continue reading
Full Employment for Election Lawyers Dep’t: NC Legislature Files Emergency 4th Circuit Appeal to Reverse Trial Court Decision on Primaries for Appellate Judges
Following up on this post, the NC Legislature has now sought emergency relief in the 4th Circuit.
“Pa. Supreme Court releases gerrymandering opinion: 2011 map violates ‘free and equal’ elections”
Philly Inquirer:
Pennsylvania’s congressional map, as adopted in 2011, violates the state constitution’s guarantee that “elections shall be free and equal,” the state Supreme Court said Wednesday in an opinion explaining its gerrymandering order overturning the map more than two… Continue reading
“Russians penetrated U.S. voter systems, says top U.S. official”
NBC News:
The U.S. official in charge of protecting American elections from hacking says the Russians successfully penetrated the voter registration rolls of several U.S. states prior to the 2016 presidential election.
In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Jeanette … Continue reading
Breaking: FEC Commissioner Goodman Resigns, Leaving FEC with Barely a Quorum and an Uncertain Future
Lee Goodman, who has been a strong force for deregulating campaign finance law at the Federal Election Commission, has tendered his resignation. (You can listen to my interview with Commissioner Goodman on the ELB Podcast.) With the loss… Continue reading
Coming Up Today: I’ll Be Part of Live Webcast of Justice Scalia’s Legacy Event at the National Constitution Center
Really looking forward to this today, talking about my upcoming book, The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption, on a great panel with Kannon Shanmugam and Elizabeth Wydra, moderated by Jeff Rosen. (Ed Whelan will… Continue reading
Understanding the Supreme Court’s Two Orders in the North Carolina Gerrymandering Cases, and How It Fits into the Bigger Picture
Yesterday (when I was on the road), the Supreme Court issued two orders related to redistricting cases. In the North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case (involving congressional districts), the Supreme Court denied a motion by Common Cause to expedite consideration of… Continue reading
“Eric Holder’s Group Targets All-G.O.P. States to Attack Gerrymandering”
Alex Burns for the NYT:
A Democratic group backed by former President Barack Obama intends to pour millions of dollars into an eclectic array of elections in a dozen states, in an effort to block Republicans from single-handedly drawing congressional… Continue reading
“Campaign Finance System Of Big Money Now Overshadows Watergate-Era Reforms”
Peter Overby reports for NPR on the findings of the Bauer-Ginsberg-Persily report.
“Ohio’s proposed gerrymandering fix is not perfect, but big step (analysis)”
Cleveland.com:
The proposed fix to congressional redistricting Ohio voters will be asked to approve in May might not be the best solution, but it’s far better than what exists now.
Think of it this way: should it pass, the politicians… Continue reading
“How the Republicans rigged Congress — new documents reveal an untold story”
David Daley has written this piece for Salon, with the subhead: “Exclusive: Insider documents unveil Republicans’ years-long scheme to gerrymander America and undermine democracy.”