Rick Hasen

Rick Hasen

@rickhasen ÜT: 34.152905,-118.446893
Professor of Law and Political Science at UC Irvine; Election Law Blogger. Posts starting ELB are auto-generated links to my most recent blog posts.
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Rick Hasen
I've missed the debate. Where's a transcript of the exchange on the Voting Rights Act. Thanks!
 
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ELB: Santorum Ahead by 80 Votes in Iowa?: No kidding. And no surprise.
 
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Emily Bazelon
Romney and Santorum box over who Is more righteous on permanently disenfranchising violent felons. Double umbrage.
 
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Santorum ahead by 80 votes in Iowa? No kidding. And no surprise.
 
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ELB: CBS News on DOJ Objection to Preclearance of South Carolina Voter ID Law: CBS News…
 
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@ coordination rules governed by FEC standards, which allow a lot of legal coordination between candidates and superpacs.
 
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Josh Marshall
Report: Santorum May Have Won Iowa: Rick Santorum may have won Iowa and in ongoing counting holds an 80… via @
 
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ELB: New CRS Report on Presidential Nominating Process: Here.
 
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ELB: West Virginia Redistricting Case Reaches SCOTUS: Lyle Denniston explains.
 
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@ Then don't say either way if it is because of Super PACs. Say "we don't know."
 
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ELB: Did Citizens United Leads to Super PACs?: Noah Feldman at Bloomberg view says yes. I…
 
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@ The point was best made by Farnam, looking at how polling moved outside Iowa w/o super pac ads.
 
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@ The correct answer, I think, is that without further study (such as polling) we do not know whether superpacs will matter.
 
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@ Oy. That's the "serious" answer?
 
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@ Open question: will the superpac spending frenzy affect the SC primary?
 
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ELB: “Super PACs dominate Republican primary spending”: Dan Eggen reports for WaPo.
 
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ELB: Audio of Political Wire Radio Now Posted: Here [I was interviewed about Super PACs in…
 
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Dan Eggen
Super PACs dominate Republican primary spending - The Washington Post -
 
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ELB: “Unlimited contributions give ‘Super PACs’ power to change presidential race”: NBC’s…
 
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Rick Hasen
Big week for voting rights in DC: Texas preclearance trial, Shelby County appellate oral arg, and possible SCOTUS opn.