ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE: JURIST's law faculty and law student staff provided 14 consecutive hours of live election night coverage from the time the first polls closed in Indiana and Kentucky at 6 PM ET Tuesday, November 2, through 8 AM ET Wednesday, November 3, when JURIST resumed its regular schedule. JURIST reported returns direct from the state elections websites and local media, carried news on legal aspects of the vote, and provided continuous updates on the fate of state constitutional amendments and propositions. Click to access our 2004 Election Live Coverage Archive.
White House presses critique of high court in campaign finance case
February 2, 2010
[JURIST] The Obama administration continued to criticize the Supreme Court [official website] Monday for its recent decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission [JURIST report], which eased restrictions on political campaign spending by corporations and labor unions. In an appeal [WH b....... [more] 
Supreme Court rehears campaign finance arguments
September 9, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] reheard oral arguments [day call, PDF] Wednesday in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission [oral argument transcript, PDF; Cornell LII backgrounder] to determine whether two precedent cases that uphold restraints on corpor....... [more]
Re-arguments ordered in Supreme Court campaign finance case
June 29, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday ordered [order, DOC] re-argument in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission [Cornell LII backgrounder] on whether Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce and McConnell v. Federal Election Commission [Oyez backgroun....... [more]
Democratic Party fundraiser convicted for campaign finance violations
May 20, 2009
[JURIST] Disgraced Democratic Party fundraiser Norman Hsu [JURIST news archive] was convicted Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] on charges of violating the Federal Elections Campaign Act (FECA) [text]. Hsu was accused of making illegal campaign....... [more]
Supreme Court hears campaign finance case
March 24, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] heard arguments Tuesday in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission [oral arguments transcript, PDF], in which the Court will consider whether federal election law prohibits a corporation from funding a documentary on a cand....... [more]
Federal court strikes down Arizona election law in Nader challenge appeal
July 10, 2008
'[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Wednesday ruled that an Arizona election law requiring that independent presidential candidates register earlier than those affiliated with political parties was unconstitutional. Presidential....... [more]
Supreme Court rules in DC gun ban, campaign finance, energy contract cases
June 26, 2008
'[JURIST] The US Supreme Court handed down three decisions Thursday, including District of Columbia v. Heller, in which the Court ruled 5-4 that the Second Amendment to the US Constitution prohibits the District of Columbia from banning private handgun....... [more]
Supreme Court hears Sixth Amendment, campaign finance cases
April 22, 2008
'[JURIST] The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Giles v. California, 07-6053, where the Court considered whether a criminal defendant can block the testimony of the person he allegedly killed if he did not kill her with the specific....... [more]
Puerto Rico governor pleads not guilty to election fraud
March 28, 2008
'[JURIST] Puerto Rican Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila pleaded not guilty Friday to 19 counts of conspiracy, false statements, wire fraud, federal program fraud and tax crimes related to campaign financing, and other crimes. The charges stem from alleged....... [more]
Puerto Rico governor indicted on 27 counts of election fraud
March 27, 2008
'[JURIST] A federal grand jury in San Juan, Puerto Rico charged Puerto Rican Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila and 12 associates with 27 counts of conspiracy, false statements, wire fraud, federal program fraud and tax crimes related to campaign financing,....... [more]
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