| Subject: [EL] Electionlawblog news and commentary 1/16/11 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 1/16/2011, 8:58 AM |
| To: Election Law |
The latest issue
of the Fordham Law Review covers this important topic.
This
New Republic article, which touches on the FEC and and FBI
political investigation, comes highly recommended by Mike Allen. He
says: "If you're a young person who works in politics or wants
to work in politics, this could be the most important Playbook
you ever read. In the chaos of a campaign, someone may tempt you
to cut a corner or cross a line into something illegal or
unethical, and may offer an apparently compelling justification
for doing so. An electrifying article in the forthcoming issue
of The New Republic shows how costly that can be."
The Washington Post offers this
report.
SacBee's Capital Alert reports.
You'll want to read Ned
Foley's perceptive analysis.
BNA reports.
I have posted a revised version of Lobbying,
Rent Seeking, and the Constitution, which responds to some
constructive comments I received from readers and workshop
participants. It clarifies the "national economic welfare"
rationale to support some lobbying regulations (and potentially
some campaign finance regulations as well) against possible
First Amendment challenges.