| Subject: news of the day 1/7/04 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 1/7/2004, 6:27 AM |
| To: election-law |
David Keene writes this oped on BCRA
in The Hill.
The New York Times article is here
the Washington Post article is here.
Howard Bashman collects other coverage at
this link.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution offers GOP
Fights Redistricting in U.S. Court. Link via How Appealing.
Bob Bauer of Perkins Coie's political group has written a second edition of his book on statutory questions surrounding the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, including a short chapter on the Supreme Court's McConnell decision. The book, More Soft Money Hard Law: The 2d Edition of the Guide to the New Campaign Finance Law, is available through Amazon.com here. The table of contents is here.
Bauer has also set up this
companion website
which promises updates on BCRA-related developments at the Federal
Election Commission and elsewhere. When I revise my right links on the
blog (I hope next week), I'll be adding a link to this site.
BNA offers an article by Ned Foley and Donald Tobin on 527s
(available here
to those with a subscription). Here is the summary:
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