| Subject: more news |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 9/21/2004, 3:30 PM |
| To: election-law |
Listen here.
On his website, he writes:
"Kerry has criminalized a couple of kids according to the new
McCain-Feingold law, which he was a cosponsor. An eight-year-old and a
six-year-old have been caught contributing $685 and $385 respectively
in cash to the Kerry campaign, and they accepted it. The law makes it
illegal for anyone under 17 to make political contributions or to
contribute in cash."
Actually, the provision of the law barring contributions by minors was
struck down by the Supreme Court in December.
The Christian Science Monitor offers this
commentary on the recent campaign finance decision.
Salon.com offers this
report
with the following subhead: "For decades, Republicans have mounted
highly organized operations to discourage minorities from voting.
Experts say there's no reason to believe this year's presidential
campaign will be any different."
The Houston Chronicle offers this
report. Thanks to a reader for passing this along.
-- Rick Hasen Professor of Law and William M. Rains Fellow Loyola Law School 919 South Albany Street Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211 (213)736-1466 (213)380-3769 - fax rick.hasen@lls.edu http://www.lls.edu/academics/faculty/hasen.html http://electionlawblog.org