Donald Trump’s critics say his defense of hush payments to women who claim to have had sex with him betrays a misunderstanding of campaign finance law. If so, it is hard to see how the president could have “knowingly and willfully” violated the law, as required for a criminal conviction.Source: Campaign-finance laws are hopelessly confusing when it comes to hush...

Bruce Cain and I are very happy with the two panels we’ve put together for this year’s annual meeting on behalf of the Law and Political Process Study Group: California Election Reform: Has It Improved Representation and Participation? Fri, August 31, 12:00 to 1:30pm, Marriott, OrleansSessiSource: APSA Panels from Law and Political Process Study Group on California Election Reform and...

Bradley Smith on Michael Cohen's Plea Deal and Campaign Finance LawsFormer Federal Elections Commission Chair Bradley Smith talked about his op-ed in the Washington Post that questions if payments made to women by President Trump’s attorney are in violation of campaign finance laws. He spoke via video link from Columbus, Ohio. Source: Washington Journal...

White House counsel Donald McGahn, who has led the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape the judiciary while confronting turmoil in the West Wing surrounding the ongoing special counsel probe, will leave his post in the coming weeks, President Trump announced Wednesday.Source: Trump says White House Counsel Donald McGahn will leave his job in the fall...

In a case with potentially national implications both short term and long, a three judge district court in North Carolina has held that the congressional redistricting plan—put in place after North Carolina’s districts last time were found to be a racial gerrymander—are an unconstitutional paSource: BREAKING : Divided Three Judge Court Holds North Carolina Congressional Redistricting an Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymander,...