Jeb Bush’s decision to drop out of the presidential race after a dismal fourth-place finish in South Carolina sped up a process that Republican elites have long been praying for: a winnowing of the field that could thwart the candidacy of Donald Trump.Source: Four Problems With the 'Winnowing' Theory of Trump's Downfall...
Recognizing that political speech is at the core of what the First Amendment protects, the Supreme Court has applied constitutional scrutiny and established the two-track system under which government may regulate political speech.Source: The Constitutionality of State Law Triggering Political Committee(-Like) Burdens and the Current Circuit Splits...
UCI Law Professor Rick Hasen and Ed Whelan, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), a conservative D.C. think tank, will offer perspectives on the Supreme Court and the 2016 elections. The event will be moderated by UCI Law professor Henry Weinstein. The panelists will discuss questSource: UCILAW: The Supreme Court and the 2016 Elections...
Over the last three months, more than 100 million US voters have had their data exposed online. These data breaches weren’t caused by a sophisticated hack or malware. Instead, political campaigns' abysmal cybersecurity practices are to blame.Source: Political campaigns collect tons of data, but they’re terrible at protecting it...
Even the federal government says the director of a federal election agency erred when he allowed a group of red states to require proof of citizenship for those looking to vote. In a court filing Monday, the U.S.Source: Department of Justice disowns EAC director’s move on proof of citizenship for voters...
As Jeb Bush and his team laid plans for the Republican primaries, they set out to have the best-financed superPAC ever. And for a time, they did. Right to Rise USA raised $118 million, and spent $94 million, even as Bush never came close to winning a primary.Source: Where Did All That Jeb Bush SuperPAC Money Go?...
Donald Trump went after the family that owns the Chicago Cubs on Monday after campaign finance filings revealed that its matriarch, Marlene Ricketts, provided $3 million in seed money for a super PAC running attack ads against him.Source: Donald Trump warns owners of Chicago Cubs ‘better be careful’ after funding campaign against him...
What you’ve heard is true: There is indeed an underdog presidential candidate stoking a political revolution, luring the disaffected, disenfranchised, disengaged and demoralized off the sidelines and into voting booths. Only a year ago, few took this candidate seriously.Source: Who’s leading a voter revolution? Hint: It’s not Bernie Sanders....
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Monday released the first of three voter registration reports ahead of the June 7 primary election.Source: Independent Voters Will Soon Outnumber Republicans in California...
It’s one of the biggest mysteries in Republican circles: Why has Sheldon Adelson ― who spent upward of $100 million during the previous presidential campaign ― suddenly stopped pouring huge sums of money into politics?Source: Sheldon Adelson and the missing $100 million...
