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“McCutcheon Restores Power to Congressional Campaigns | Commentary”
Tim Peckinpaugh and Steve Roberts write for Roll Call.
“Prosecutors say McDonnell fixated on justice’s remark”
Times Dispatch:
Federal prosecutors say former Gov. Bob McDonnell is putting too much stock in Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s declaration that “ingratiation and access … are not corruption.”
Kennedy made the statement in his 2010 Citizens United… Continue reading
Federal District Court, Holding Its Nose, Strikes Down NY Contribution Limit to Super PACs
Via Bloomberg BNA, you can read the opinion here. The judge thinks the Supreme Court’s Citizens United-McCutcheon line of cases is wrong, but he is bound to follow the line.
“How wealthy campaign donors may reduce political polarization and weaken the tea party”
Part 2 of Bonica and Shen on the aftermath of McCutcheon.
“Are Democrats Repeating Their Post-Citizens United Mistake? Three weeks after the McCutcheon ruling, Republicans are taking advantage of the new rules much quicker than Democrats.”
“Why Care About McCutcheon?”
Senate Rules Committee to Hold Hearing on Campaign Finance Disclosure Post-McCutcheon
Two from CPI on McCutcheon
“State Aggregate Limits and Proportional Bans under McCutcheon”
New report from CCP. “Policymakers in the District of Columbia and the 18 states with aggregate limits and proportional bans should strongly consider repealing these speech-stifling regulations in order to comply with the precedent set in the McCutcheon decision and… Continue reading
More on Justice Breyer’s Citation to Book Not in the Record
The other day I noted that Justice Breyer cited to unavailable scholarship in his McCutcheon dissent. I updated the post to reflect that Derek Muller had made those points when the opinion was released, something I had missed. Here’s another… Continue reading
Today’s Must-Read: Liptak Talks to Justice Stevens About Citizens United, McCutcheon
For one thing, in this column Justice Stevens confirms the rumors swirling for years that Justice Souter wrote the first draft of a Citizens United dissent. (I called for its release in this Slate column.)
The draft dissent,… Continue reading
“Change the Constitution in Six Easy Steps? It Won’t Be That Simple, Justice Stevens; From campaign finance to political gerrymandering, the retired Supreme Court justice skips hard arguments in his new book in favor of unrealistic, poorly drafted solutions. “
I have written this book review for The Daily Beast. It begins:
Reading retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens’s new book, Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution, I was reminded of an old Steve… Continue reading
“Ifill: Supreme Court’s campaign finance ruling cheapens voting”
Sherrilyn Ifill oped on McCutcheon.