Richard Hasen Quotations

I think we're likely to enter into an era where the court is more skeptical and will strike down campaign finance rules.

Justice O'Connor has been the key vote in everything from campaign finance to the meaning of the Voting Rights Act to racial gerrymandering to Bush v. Gore.

This could be an important first step toward undermining (the 2003 ruling) without overruling it.

It's all the more intriguing given the likelihood that Justice O'Connor won't be sitting in the case.