Month: October 2008

Campaign Finance Reform and Unintended Consequences

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 17, 2008
Categories In FEC

ABCNews reports on campaign finance reform: People like the idea of campaign finance reform. Yet, campaign finance law, like all of government’s laws, is subject to a still more powerful law: the law of unintended consequences.

Ben & Jerry’s New Flavor: Vote Fraud Crunch (with Real Acorns)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 17, 2008
Categories In Vermont, Voting

Rick Hasen seems to be sincerely troubled by this carefully-worded offer of free ice cream on November 4.

WV: Center for Individual Freedom Scores Win

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 17, 2008
Categories In Const Law Issues, West Virginia

Score a win for the Center for Individual Freedom in a case described here. I’ll post the opinion when it becomes available.