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9th Circuit Panel Upholds Hawaii Ban on Campaign Contributions by Government Contractors
A important unanimous decision by Judge Fisher (joined by Kozinski and Watford) in the 9th Circuit as a challenge to the federal contractor ban remains pending. The 9th Circuit held the ban satisfied exacting scrutiny, even after McCutcheon, and… Continue reading
James Sample on Williams-Yulee and The Future of Judicial Campaign Regulation
The following is a guest post from James Sample of Hofstra, who has been doing very important work in the area of judicial elections, filling a key void left by Roy Schotland’s passing. Here are James’s thoughts:
As Rick’s initial … Continue reading
Jamie Raskin on Hillary Clinton and a Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
Jamie in Salon:
The country’s most prolific voting rights scholar and blogger, Richard Hasen—a colleague and friend of mine—is the most recent legal academic to pour cold water all over the movement for a constitutional amendment to rebuild the statutory… Continue reading
“Presupposing Corruption: Access, Influence, and the Future of the Pay-to-Play Legal Framework”
Allison Davis has posted a draft of this student note (forthcoming William & Mary Business Law Review) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Political spending, in all of its various permutations, lies at the nexus between campaign finance law and… Continue reading
#SCOTUS Didn’t Mean It When They Said It Dep’t
Brad Smith trying to recast the holding of Citizens United in the NYT:
“The court’s position is pretty simple, and it is not that independent expenditures can never create gratitude in an officeholder,” said Bradley A. Smith, a professor of… Continue reading
99 Rise Says It Has Disrupted #SCOTUS Again, with Campaign Finance Messages
Press release via email:
Six members of the grassroots organization 99Rise disrupted the nation’s highest Court this morning, issuing a series of statements protesting recent court rulings that facilitate enormous increases in campaign spending by a tiny fraction the wealthiest… Continue reading
“American Plutocracy”
Tim Kuhner has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Kings Law Journal). Here is the abstract:
This essay explores the linkages between economic inequality, political inequality, and money in politics. Said another way, it explores the linkages between Thomas Piketty,… Continue reading
Floyd Abrams Speech on First Amendment Discusses McCutcheon, Citizens United
Via Concurring Opinions:
You may agree or disagree with the positions we took or the clients for whom we took them. But one thing is common to all of the examples I have just cited to you. No one… Continue reading
“The New Normal in Election and Political Law”
Announcement via email:
The Yale Law and Political Society and Yale Law & Policy Review are hosting a conference on Saturday, April 11 at Yale Law School (127 Wall St., New Haven, CT 06520). The conference will explore the current… Continue reading
“Unlimited and Undisclosed: The Religious Right’s Crusade to Deregulate Political Spending”
New Common Cause report:
Common Cause’s new report, “Unlimited and Undisclosed: The Religious Right’s Crusade to Deregulate Political Spending,” focuses on how one particular interest group has waged war on important campaign finance laws in order to allow more… Continue reading
“The FEC Hearing and Its Detractors”
Bauer:
It seem unfair that just holding a hearing subjects the FEC to criticism and ridicule. The agency was acted entirely reasonably in inviting views on what it might do, if anything, in response to the McCutcheon case. So… Continue reading
Ravel and Weintraub: Come on Over to the FEC
Press release via email:
Chair Ann M. Ravel and Commissioner Ellen L. Weintraub:
FEC To Hold Public Hearing on Wednesday, February 11
Federal Election Commission Chair Ann M. Ravel and Commissioner Ellen L. Weintraub are pleased to invite you to… Continue reading