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26 Aug 2023, 8:18 am
Eisen (@NormEisen), Michael Nevett, Francois Barrilleaux (@FrenchwaEB), Beth Markman and Sasha Matsuki How Jack Smith May Charge Trump PAC with Fraudulent Fundraising Within the Bounds of First Amendment by Ciara Torres-Spelliscy (@ProfCiara) Chart: Names of the “Unindicted Co-Conspirators” in Fulton County, Georgia Indictment [Updated] by Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw), Norman L. [read post]
29 Apr 2022, 9:05 pm
In an essay in The Regulatory Review, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy of Stetson University College of Law explains that preemption in Republican-controlled states has stalled local election reform in major democratic cities. [read post]
14 Aug 2016, 12:00 am
”Legal historians may also enjoy the New Books Network’s coverage of two new books on voting and voting rights in America (Zachary Roth’s The Great Suppression: Voting Rights, Corporate Cash, and the Conservative Assault on Democracy and Ciara Torres-Spelliscy’s Corporate Citizen? [read post]
23 Aug 2019, 9:30 pm
But that’s not actually when slavery in America started," by Ciara Torres-Spelliscy (Stetson Law School); and more.Weekend Roundup is a weekly feature compiled by all the Legal History bloggers. [read post]
18 May 2020, 3:17 am
At the Brennan Center for Justice, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy writes that “[i]n some good news for reformers working to combat political corruption and empower small donors, the Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to Seattle’s ‘democracy voucher’ program providing public financing for local elections. [read post]
10 May 2016, 5:44 am
” Commentary comes from Ed Kilgore, who in New York discusses possible Supreme Court nominees from a President Donald Trump, while at the Brennan Center for Justice, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy suggests that Scalia’s “unexpected death could mean that troublesome language in Roberts Court campaign finance cases during the past 11 years will not be used to jettison even more regulations. [read post]
21 Jul 2016, 4:42 am
At Guernica, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy looks at the relationship between the Court’s campaign-finance jurisprudence and the anti-abortion movement, arguing that “one of the reasons that the Supreme Court could rule so broadly in” the challenge to a Texas law regulating abortions “was the broad ruling in Citizens United. [read post]
11 May 2010, 5:20 am
My former colleague, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, offers a proposal from the Brennan Center for Justice that would require inter alia shareholder approval for corporate political expenditures (in this same vein, see also The Shareholder Protection Act, H.R. 4537): The U.S. should modify its securities laws to address corporate political expenditures post-Citizens United by (1) mandating that corporations obtain the consent of shareholders before making… [read post]
6 Jun 2019, 3:45 am
” At the Brennan Center for Justice, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy notes that “[a] few weeks ago, the Supreme Court delivered a surprising rebuke to those who think corporations just don’t have enough influence on U.S. elections[:] In declining to hear the case of 1A Auto, Inc. vs. [read post]
10 Mar 2015, 3:49 am
Briefly: At the Brennan Center for Justice, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy explains why, for her, “[s]ometimes the sweetest sounds in the Home of the Brave are the words ‘cert. denied. [read post]
9 May 2014, 3:15 am
” At the blog of the Brennan Center for Justice, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy discusses efforts by former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell, who has been indicted on federal corruption charges, to rely on the Court’s campaign finance jurisprudence as part of his defense. [read post]
20 Jun 2014, 4:58 am
At the Brennan Center for Justice, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy discusses the testimony of two state legislators – Jamie Raskin and Floyd McKissick – at a hearing on a proposed amendment to overturn the Court’s recent campaign finance rulings, characterizing them as “clarions warning the nation about money in politics after Citizens United. [read post]
25 Oct 2017, 4:11 am
” At the Brennan Center for Justice, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy stresses the importance of Gill v. [read post]
1 Jul 2016, 4:43 am
” In The Huffington Post, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy weighs in on the Monday’s decision in McDonnell v. [read post]
27 Feb 2020, 6:30 am
But if I’m right and democratic norms like valuing truth have been damaged, then more than administrative fixes in how we run elections will be needed.Ciara Torres-Spelliscy is a Professor of Law at Stetson, a Brennan Center Fellow and the author of Political Brands. [read post]
7 Mar 2020, 6:30 am
As Ciara Torres-Spelliscy carefully explains, the new technology allows for outside actors such as the Russian government to piggyback on American electoral dysfunction and exploit growing polarization by focusing messages to demobilize African-American voters. [read post]
15 Aug 2023, 3:40 am
” In an Election Law Blog post , Ciara Torres-Spelliscy observes that “…the Supreme Court […] treats fraud as a different and unprotected category that is outside of the First Amendment’s protections. [read post]
16 Feb 2016, 10:27 am
” Also at Medium, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy acknowledges that Scalia was a “brilliant man,” but also contends that, by “the time he died, he “was woefully out of step with how average Americans felt about their fellow gay citizens. [read post]
7 Jul 2020, 3:40 am
Additional commentary comes from Ciara Torres-Spelliscy at the Brennan Center for Justice. [read post]
24 May 2017, 4:35 am
” Briefly: At the Brennan Center for Justice, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy discusses Chief Justice John Roberts’ opinion for the court this term in Buck v. [read post]
