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Monthly Archives: October 2010
NPR’s Morning Edition: Big Money in Illinois Judicial Campaign
It’s a retention election, so the candidate has no opponent, but so far the race has drawn nearly $3 million–$2 million in support and $600,000 in opposition. The candidate, Thomas Kilbride, was elected to the Illinois Supreme Court in 2000. … Continue reading
Smith and Lessig agree on Citizens United
In an American-Statesman op-ed, local attorney and former Republican member of the Texas House for Travis County Terral Smith argues that the much reviled Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was decided correctly: Writing the majority opinion, … Continue reading
David Brooks belittles effects of campaign cash
In his October 19 New York Times column, David Brooks plays down the importance of political campaign spending: Political scientists have tried to measure the effectiveness of campaign spending using a variety of methodologies. There is no consensus in the … Continue reading
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James Fallows recommends Casino Jack and the United States of Money
In his Atlantic blog, James Fallows reports that when he had tired of watching the Angle-Reid faceoff, I watched the DVD of Alex Gibney’s documentary about Jack Abramoff, Casino Jack and the United States of Money. I had missed it … Continue reading
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Bickerstaff on Citizens United
An op-ed piece in today’s Statesman by Steve Bickerstaff of the UT Law School describes the Supreme Court’s extraordinary activism in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission as “shocking.” Earlier this year, the five-judge majority held that corporations have the same … Continue reading
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DC Rally Bus
Anyone planning to attend the Rally to Restore Sanity or the March to Keep Fear Alive in Washington DC on October 30 may be interested in this website, which offers round-trip nonstop bus service for $240 per person. As the … Continue reading
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Lessig Interviewed in Washington Post
The Washington Post’s Fred Hiatt quizzes Lawrence Lessig about the Fair Elections Now Act. Given a national debt of $13 billion, how could the Congress appropriate money to help themselves and their opponents get elected?
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E.J. Dionne on Third-Party Campaign Spending
In his column in today’s Washington Post, E.J. Dionne writes: The “logic” behind Citizens United is that third-party spending can’t possibly be corrupting. The five-justice majority declared that “this Court now concludes that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, … Continue reading
Lessig’s “Follow the Money” talk
In the Change Congress series, a talk given at Stanford October 10, 2008, focusing on how trust gets built, and the link to Change Congress.
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CPM Conv. Mark McKinnon keynote
Mark McKinnon, Republican political advisor and strategist, gave a talk at the CPM convention that really struck a chord with me: If you want to make clear the corrupting influence of money in politics, ask people to consider the following: … Continue reading
