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11 Aug 2011, 8:40 am by Rick Hasen
  For example, in this Huffington Post article, a senior lobbyist at Akin Gump raises the constitutional question: “Lobbyists could still contribute their own money,” said Trevor Potter, a campaign finance reform advocate who is co-chair of the bar association’s Task Force on Lobbying Regulation (and Stephen Colbert’s election lawyer). [read post]
10 Feb 2010, 6:38 am by Ashby Jones
“This is a different brand of conservatism,” said Trevor Potter, an election law expert who served as counsel to Arizona Republican Sen. [read post]
21 Jan 2010, 7:49 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
Trevor Potter, associated with John McCain arguing for limits, was on the losing side.See a previous IPBiz post "Citizens United": like patent reform, you need a scorecard .As in patent reform, it is a bit difficult to figure out "who is who" here.FoxNews quoted dissenting Justice Stevens: "In the context of election to public office, the distinction between corporate and human speakers is significant. [read post]
7 Oct 2008, 7:44 pm
" McCain campaign general counsel Trevor Potter had last week responded to the coalition's head, Stanford Law Professor Larry Lessig with a letter saying that McCain agrees with the coalition's thoughts on how the debates should be modernized. [read post]
20 Jan 2007, 6:51 am
"One of the advantages of McCain-Feingold is that it's clear," said Trevor Potter, an adviser to Sen. [read post]
24 May 2012, 3:42 am by Broc Romanek
Also, Trevor Potter wrapped up with an assessment of the DC Circuit Court decision on the Van Hollen v. [read post]
23 Feb 2015, 6:48 am by Jeffrey M. Hanna and Alex J. Brackett
Often the subject of ridicule and satire, Stephen Colbert once famously joked with his FEC lawyer Trevor Potter regarding his Colbert PAC that he could not name anyone who had ever gone to jail for breaking the laws regarding PACs. [read post]
11 Aug 2011, 11:19 am by Stefan Passantino
 Co-chairs to the ABA task force included former Republican FEC Commissioner Trevor Potter, noted Democratic attorneys Rebecca Gordon and Joseph Sandler, and former Reagan Solicitor General and current Harvard Law School professor Charles Fried. [read post]
19 Nov 2012, 1:45 pm by Stefan Passantino
  This group boasts a diverse Board of Advisors representing Wall Street, the Occupy Movement, Jack Abramoff, former Federal Election Commission (FEC) Chairman Trevor Potter, academics, nonprofits and political operatives. [read post]
15 Oct 2008, 5:25 pm
McCain campaign general counsel Trevor Potter argued that several of the removed ads, which had used excerpts of television footage, fall under the four-factor doctrine of fair-use, and shouldn't have been removed. [read post]
8 Nov 2011, 8:10 am by Rick Hasen
Stephen Colbert took this issue on last night, with some help from Trevor Potter, and it was brilliant performance art. [read post]
14 Dec 2018, 11:19 am by Jonathan H. Adler
Legal experts debate whether payments to kill stories about then-candidate Trump's affairs were undisclosed campaign expenditures.In today's Washington Post, three prominent DC attorneys representing a range of political viewpoints -- George Conway, Neal Katyal, and Trevor Potter -- argue that President Trump likely violated federal campaign finance laws when he encouraged hush money payments to prevent potentially embarrassing stories about his extra-marital affairs in… [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 4:28 pm by Rick Hasen
.”—Trevor Potter, Former Commissioner and Chair, Federal Election Commission, and General Counsel, McCain for President, 2000 and 2008 “Hasen is a national treasure to students and practitioners of election law. [read post]
16 Jul 2012, 9:14 am by Rick Hasen
” - Trevor Potter, Former Commissioner and Chair, Federal Election Commission, and General Counsel, McCain for President, 2000 and 2008 “Hasen is a national treasure to students and practitioners of election law. [read post]
20 Jun 2008, 11:34 am
Obama's lawyer Bob Bauer maintains that he discussed this issue for approximately 45 minutes with McCain's lawyer Trevor Potter, on June 6. [read post]
20 Jun 2008, 11:34 am
Obama's lawyer Bob Bauer maintains that he discussed this issue for approximately 45 minutes with McCain's lawyer Trevor Potter, on June 6. [read post]
29 Dec 2021, 7:52 am
Pix Credit: Adam Klasfeld, "Derek Chauvin and Three Other Ex-Officers Plead Not Guilty to Civil Rights Charges in George Floyd's Death," Law & Crime (14 Sept 2021)  Eyo Olokun masquerades at the Eyo Festival in Lagos, Nigeria For the last several years, and with no particular purpose other than a desire to meander through reflection, I have taken the period between Christmas and New Years Eve to produce a s summary of the slice of the year to which I paid attention… [read post]