“From Rick Santorum to Beto O’Rourke, Federal Regulation Arbitrarily Criminalizes Candidates”
Eric Wang for the Daily Caller.
Monthly Archives: April 2019
“The Supreme Court Is Toasting Marshmallows While Democracy Burns”
Tonja Jacobi and Matthew Sag for SCOTUS OA:
Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek are the last chance the Court has before the 2020 census to do something about partisan gerrymandering. So, with the future of democracy in… Continue reading
“Catch and Kill: Can tabloids hide behind the First Amendment?”
Rebecca Beyer for the ABA Journal:
One possible defense to any charge of campaign finance violations in the AMI/McDougal deal would come from the Federal Election Campaign Act’s distinction between campaign expenses and “personal use” expenses. (Edwards went with the… Continue reading
Senator Ted Cruz Suing to Kill Campaign Finance Law Limiting Post-Election Fundraising for Personal Loan Repayments to $250K
Zoe Tillman:
NEW: Sen. Ted Cruz is suing the FEC, challenging a $250K cap on the amount of money a candidate can raise after an election to repay personal funds the candidate loaned to his or her campaign https://t.co/tDfFnuDuUa… Continue reading
“How fighting political disinformation could collide with the First Amendment”
“Will the Supreme Court Follow the Law and Save the Census?”
“How Trump Could Lose the Election and Remain President”
Daniel Block in Washington Monthly.
April Fools Posting Hiatus
I usually have some fun with these, but like Larry Solum this year, I don’t think these jokes feel right in the current environment. Maybe back next year.
“Trump calls Census ‘meaningless’ without citizenship question”; Kristen Clarke Responds
Politico:
President Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at Democrats for fighting his administration’s attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, a controversial move set to undergo legal scrutiny by the Supreme Court in the coming… Continue reading
Some EAC Commissioners Lack Security Clearances
Eric Geller with the scoop (but full story behind paywall):
Scoop: Half of @EACgov commissioners lack security clearances, and no one on the commission had a clearance during the 2016 or 2018 elections: https://t.co/ebhbumzVFCAn EAC member without a clearance… Continue reading
Mark Rush Reviews Mulroy’s “Rethinking U.S. Election Law: Unskewing the System”
Here, at LPBR.